The Communist
Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoist)
on May 5 slammed the National Counter-Terrorism
Centre (NCTC) in a statement, calling it anti-people,
fascist and tyrannical, reported The Times
of India. Charging that it has been formed
on the "advice and guidance of United States
(US) imperialists", the statement released
by Abhay, spokesperson of the Maoist Central
Committee, says the NCTC proposal "would
make the Home Minister an unopposed emperor
of internal security".
The statement
goes on to say, "All the Intelligence Agencies
would be put under NCTC. This would tear the
veil of even the namesake federalism written
in the constitution and would give full powers
to the Centre. It would control and coordinate
all counter-terrorist operations. Functionaries
of the state Government (including Police) must
provide information, documents and reports to
NCTC. The Defence and Finance Ministries are
also supposed to depute their representatives
to NCTC."
The statement
criticises the Chief Ministers opposing NCTC
as well, saying they are doing this only because
"such centralized powers" will "ridicule
the law and order that is a State Government
subject". "If NCTC is formed every
fighting organization would be banned just as
our party and other organizations have been
banned under Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA). Every protest of the people would
become a crime. Every struggle would be termed
illegal. All movement areas would turn into
concentration camps. India would turn into Germany
under Hitler. Particularly, the intervention
of US would increase further in all matters
related to internal security, it added".
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