West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra will instead attend the meeting called by the Home Ministry.
Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Odisha Mamata Banerjee, J Jayalalitha and Naveen Patnaik, along with a few others, had forced the Central government to convene a special meeting of CMs on May 5 to discuss the NCTC by saying the April 16 conclave on internal security would not have enough time and opportunity to discuss the controversial issue and hence a separate session was required for it.
They have been opposing the setting up of NCTC claiming the proposed anti-terror hub would infringe on the states' powers and hurt country's federal structure.
Tomorrow’s meeting will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister and will focus on strengthening counter-terrorism and intelligence capabilities and strengthening border and coastal security.
Cross-border terrorism, infiltration from across the border to Jammu and Kashmir, activities of Pakistan-based terror outfits and insurgency in the Northeast, combating economic offences, especially counterfeit currency notes, will also come up for detailed deliberations.
A separate session on Left-wing extremism will also be held which is expected to be attended by at least eight chief ministers, barring that of West Bengal.
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