Concerned over the twin bomb explosions on a train in Chennai, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today made a strong pitch for a National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), saying the mechanism would have helped plug loopholes in coordination.
Chidambaram, who as Home Minister had pushed hard for an NCTC, which could not see the light of day due to reservations from non-Congress ruled states, said, "I can not genuinely claim that NCTC would have avoided every blast."
"But NCTC would have reached the source of the extremists and bomb-makers," he said, insisting that the body could have helped nab many specialists in bomb making, extremists and sleeping cells of extremists and bomb-makers.
The Finance Minister was of the view that uncoordinated actions of the state governments, which is creating gaps in fighting terrorism would have been bridged and that the "NCTC would have brought that coordination".
At the outset of an AICC briefing, Chidambaram said the Congress party expressed deep regret and concern over the train blasts.
Two minor-intensity bombs rocked the Guwahati-Bangalore Express at the Chennai Central Railway Station early this morning, claiming a woman's life and leaving 14 others injured.
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