Sunday, November 30, 2008

India Security Chief Resigns After Mumbai Attacks

In this July 27, 2008 file photo, Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil poses for photographs after addressing the media in New Delhi, India. Patil sent his resignation to the prime minister Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 to take responsibility for the attacks on Mumbai. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)

From Yahoo News/AP:

MUMBAI, India – With corpses still being pulled from a once-besieged hotel, India's top security official resigned Sunday as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following terror attacks that killed 174 people.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who has become highly unpopular during a long series of terror attacks across India, submitted his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who accepted, according to the Press Trust of India news agency. The reports could not be immediately confirmed.

The Cabinet shuffling comes as a chorus of criticism about the government's handling of the Mumbai attacks grows louder.

"Our Politicians Fiddle as Innocents Die," read a headline Sunday in the Times of India newspaper.

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My Comment: He had to do the right thing .... which was to be the minister responsible for what had happened in Mumbai.

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