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MODI UPS ANTE: The Centre hasn't cleared the GUJCOCA saying it resembles the repealed POTA.
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is now openly challenging the Centre on fighting terror. At the BJP's national executive meet in Bangalore he practically accused the Government of soft-pedalling the issue saying, that the UPA must allow him to implement the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Act.
The Gujarat CM says that those who oppose GUJCOCA and POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) are those who support terrorists.
"Those who care less for terror and more for terrorists are the ones who are opposing GUJCOA and POTA," he says.
GUJCOCA Bill, as claimed is a tougher law against organised crime and terrorism.
Despite being passed twice by the Gujarat Assembly, the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Act or GUJCOCA has not been cleared by the Centre .
The Union Home ministry, in reply to a petition in the Gujarat High Court, had said the legislation couldn't be cleared because it closely resembles the repealed POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act).
But surprisingly, Modi may be getting some support from the PMO itself. National Security Adviser MK Narayanan has told CNN-IBN that the bill is under consideration.
Meanwhile, Modi has been appealing to Gujaratis all over the world to send letters to the Prime Minister.
"I'm requesting the Gujarati community worldwide, send emails to the PM ask him to clear the bill. It's a good thing to do in a democracy," he said on Friday.
Elsewhere, he urged villagers to write postcards and letters to the PM, demanding that the central government clear the GUJCOCA.
"All of you write letters to the PM. In Gujarati, Hindi, English. Whatever language you know and demand that this act be passed," he added.