NCTC only with States consent: CM

CHENNAI: Reiterating her stand on the setting up of the  proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said that the Centre cannot proceed with the NCTC without consulting the State governments.“We don’t think anything will proceed without consultations with the CMs and we will continue to press for what we feel is our legitimate right,” she told reporters here.Her remarks came a day after the opposition-sponsored amendments to NCTC were defeated in the Rajya Sabha with outside support of SP and BSP besides UPA constituent Trinamool Congress coming to the rescue of Centre.Jayalalithaa had, earlier written three letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on this issue and said that the constitution of NCTC was an attack on the federal structure of the Constitution and urged him to immediately start consultations with the States.She had also pointed out that without the involvement of State governments, the NCTC would be a non-starter.