Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigns
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By Agencies |
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on Sunday, in the wake of the brutal terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people.
Patil on Saturday told that as the Home minister he "takes the responsibility and whatever the CWC decides, I am ready to do", they said.
The resignation has been submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. There was no immediate word if the resignation had been accepted.
The Prime Minister Singh held a lengthy two-and-half-hour discussion with Defence Minister A K Antony and officers from the armed forces and the intelligence agencies on Friday on ways to prevent recurrences of such terror attacks.
However, Home Minister Shivraj Patil was missing at the top-notch meet, as he was not called for the meeting, the sources added, indicating that the PM could be "cut up about Patil's handling of the Mumbai terror crisis".
Singh called the meeting at 1300 hours to review the security situation in view of the attacks for which the terrorists had apparently come via the sea route into India's commercial capital and caused havoc to prime property, including the 105-year-old Taj Hotel.
Among others, who attended the meeting, were Defence Secretary Vijay Singh, Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Army Vice Chief Lt Gen M L Naidu, and Intelligence Bureau Chief P C Haldar.
Patil on Saturday told that as the Home minister he "takes the responsibility and whatever the CWC decides, I am ready to do", they said.
The resignation has been submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. There was no immediate word if the resignation had been accepted.
The Prime Minister Singh held a lengthy two-and-half-hour discussion with Defence Minister A K Antony and officers from the armed forces and the intelligence agencies on Friday on ways to prevent recurrences of such terror attacks.
However, Home Minister Shivraj Patil was missing at the top-notch meet, as he was not called for the meeting, the sources added, indicating that the PM could be "cut up about Patil's handling of the Mumbai terror crisis".
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Singh called the meeting at 1300 hours to review the security situation in view of the attacks for which the terrorists had apparently come via the sea route into India's commercial capital and caused havoc to prime property, including the 105-year-old Taj Hotel.
Among others, who attended the meeting, were Defence Secretary Vijay Singh, Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, Army Vice Chief Lt Gen M L Naidu, and Intelligence Bureau Chief P C Haldar.
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