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"As the February 3 NCTC order has draconian overtone, we have been opposing it," Patnaik told reporters while replying to a question on whether he was raising the NCTC issue to regain his image.
The voice raised against the NCTC order was to retain the federal rights of the states being bestowed by the Constitution, he said. Apart from a few rape cases, including that of the Pipili girl, Odisha was rocked by the hooch tragedy in Cuttack and Puri districts that claimed at least 34 lives recently.