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Ant-terror hub: Seven CMs take on UPA, Congress downplays threat - Yahoo!
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) faced a fresh crisis Friday after seven chief ministers came out against a proposed powerful counter-terror intelligence hub, saying it infringed on the rights of states.
The Congress, which leads the UPA, tried to play down the issue after ally and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined three chief ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh as well as Janata Dal-United's Nitish Kumar in Bihar, Biju Janata Dal's Naveen Patnaik in Orissa and AIADMK's J. Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu.