A while ago, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the CMs meet in Delhi warned against against an "emerging pattern" wherein the state's powers are "abrogated" by the Centre through passage of bills and accused it of showing "scant respect" for state governments. 

In an all-round attack on the Congress-led UPA, Jayalalithaa accused the central government of "encroaching on state powers" through the National Counter-Terrorism Centre which was in "contravention" to constitutional provisions that accord priority status to police in the State list.

Addressing the Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security, she claimed that the Centre unilaterally decided on the Indo-US joint naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal without taking the state government into confidence. "Lack of consultation with the states and failure to take the states into confidence is a cogent commentary on the system of governance in the Centre."