Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram to address the concerns of state governments on the issue of National Counter Terrorism Center after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged him to keep the move in abeyance.

Singh’s assurance that he has requested Chidambaram to find ways to address the states’ concerns was given to Banerjee when she met him at his residence, the PMO said in a release.

Banerjee, who has joined several other non-Congress chief ministers in opposing the brainchild of the home minister, asked the prime minister to stop implementation of the proposal until a consensus is reached.

“I told the prime minister that until and unless consultations with state governments are over or a consensus is arrived at on the issue, please do not implement the executive order on NCTC,” Banerjee told reporters after meeting Singh.

On terrorism, she said, “We are against terrorism. We are fighting the battle against terror. But at the same if the state and the center do it together then there will be no confusion.”