145;Make POTA panel recommendations8217;

BJP chief M. Venkaiah Naidu today suggested that the Centre could amend POTA to make it mandatory for the states to accept the recommendations of the panel reviewing the misuse of the law.

Naidu, during an informal chat with reporters at the party8217;s state headquarters here, said the BJP held the view that review panel8217;s recommendations was binding on all states. He wanted the Centre to urge the panel to expedite its review and submit the report at the earliest.

Asserting that neither Union Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources M. Kannappan nor MDMK general secretary Vaiko attracted the POTA provisions, he said it would be wiser on the part of Union Ministers not to make statements that would create unnecessary controversies and embarrass the NDA Government.