Exclusive: What P Chidambaram told India Today on anti-terror operations

In an exclusive interview to India Today Television's Rajdeep Sardesai on the 10th anniversary of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who took over as the Union Minister for Home Affairs days after the 26/11 attacks, today said he was "disappointed" that the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has not become operational.

Chidambaram said that states, including the state of Gujarat opposed the mandate of NCTC under Prime Minister Modi who was the then Chief Minister of Gujarat.

In order to boost the country's ability to combat terrorism, Chidambaram emphasised on the fact that India needs a single unified command that can deal with all anti-terrorist operations.