12-01-2008, 12:04 PM
<b>Advani skips PMâs meet</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Prime Ministerâs decision to set up a federal in- vestigation agency did not evoke support from all quarters. While the BJP leaders felt any agency without strong legal teeth would not prove effective, the CPM opposed the idea altogether.
But external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee announced after the meeting that the government would pursue the objective of a federal agency within a specific timeframe.
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The BJP and the Left demanded the removal of national security adviser M.K. Narayanan and Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
<b>The Prime Minister made a specific proposal to establish four more National Security Guard (NSG) hubs in different parts of the country. </b>
<b>The need to create new stations for the NSG was felt after the delay in airlifting commandos from Delhi to Mumbai.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee announced after the meeting that the government would pursue the objective of a federal agency within a specific timeframe.
....
The BJP and the Left demanded the removal of national security adviser M.K. Narayanan and Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
<b>The Prime Minister made a specific proposal to establish four more National Security Guard (NSG) hubs in different parts of the country. </b>
<b>The need to create new stations for the NSG was felt after the delay in airlifting commandos from Delhi to Mumbai.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->