An astonishing aspect of the current political atmosphere is the complete lack of accountability—or demands for it. Heads are demanded and heads roll when a politician is caught in some minor sexual peccadillo, in a sting operation, or a corruption scandal. But the slaughter of scores of hard-working Indians in City after City across the nation, and the burgeoning fear “psychosis” that threatens to rip the country asunder, barely evokes a squeak either from the media or from the opposition.
Shivaraj Patil is a standout case. Rejected by the voters of Latur in the 2004 elections but resurrected by the Congress in one of those actions that beggars belief, Patil’s performance as Union home minister has been dull, lack-lustre and insipid. Not only has Patil presided over blast after serial blast, he has seemed as clueless as everybody else. Even the Sai Baba of Puttaparthi, whom he personally credits for helping him preside over an unruly Lok Sabha as Speaker, seems to be in no position to provide help at this critical juncture.
Question: Should the man who has helplessly watched the Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bombay, Hyderabad, Jaipur blasts and countless other incidents resign? And if the Congress high command is unwilling, should the “new, improved” Manmohan throw him out to show Singh is King after the trust-vote?
It does NOT matter, because he is not defining anti-terror policy. Patil/MM Singh are political minnow who are puppet at the hands of Sonia.
Its Sonia who attended Jamat-E-Ulema-Hind meeting prior to last election, and proclaimed Congress will revoke POTA which she did as first act immediately after coming to power.
United Nations mandated EVERY MEMBER state to enact tougher law which was done in the form of POTA in India. IT WAS UPHELD BY INDIAN SUPREME COURT unlike in the USA where US SC has wquestioned many terror laws.
Or look at the PM- who is a puppet at the hand of Sonia, how he changed his version on Mumbai 711 blasts in a matter of hours and signed HAVANA DELARATION with Pakistan thus equating perpetrator of Jehadi terrorism with its victim.
Cong have been doing this for last many decades. Kashmir was not made a heaven of Deobandi, Wahabi heaven in a SINGLE day, or month, or year.
Islamists, Jehadis took decades of time and effort (funded by many arab countries) to spread their tentacles in India WHILE CONG KEPT MUM.
You are four years too late in your demand!
Not only Congress, I would blame CPIM equally. Yechuri lectured in BLR yesterday that “blasts shd not be politicalized”.
Why CPIM politicalized POTA, created those scenes inside and outside parliament when it was enacted? While fact remains, India is worst victim of Islamic terrorism- we lost close to 100,000 people in last 20 years and spending a massive massive amount in the name of defense, policing and so on?
Its another example after Shah Banu that sent out a message we are not a country governed by rule of law. For votebank, anything can be done. Its natural now it has backfired as Hindus started following same path.
How come one surrenders to islamists and jehadis on Taslima, banished her to “land of Rup Kanwar” and still demand freedom of speech? huh?
Why Shivraj Patil? Why not the government?
No he should not resign. He should stay on until Afzal Guru is saves, China takes over Arunachal, Kashmir secedes, the Naxals burn a hole in middle India and then whatever is left can be roasted in serial blasts.
Kyonki hum bhi kabhie Bhaarat the…
Kismet blastwaalon kie…
Congress has been the Terror factory in the country.
Congress has created havoc in Kashmir by encouraging separatist elements throught Hizb ul Mujahideen,Deobandi and Wahabi Terrorism
Congress encouraged Bhindranwale in Punjab provided him weapons to create a split in Akali ranks.
Congress setup LTTE camps in the country and provided military support to these extremists.
Congress encouraged the Baptist Christian Missionaries to provide funding to seccessionist activities.
Congress has encouraged Bangladeshi infiltration to create a vote bank in West Bengal and Assam to stay in Power.
Congress has been the root cause of all the Terror sleeper cells which has increased over the last 60 years and it calls itself a National party. It is an ANTI NATIONAL Party working with Anti National forces.
Common Citizens in this country get butchered and killed like cattle but a integrated law enforcement agency is on in place to fix this.
NSG kind of commando force is on at the disposal of every state govt to combat terror only danda wielding policement who are of no use.
An Elite commando force should be in place for every state given that multiple serial blasts have taken place.
POTA and TADA laws need to come in force to avoid further disasters. Congress is now responsible for the death of couple of my relatives.
he has another joker as his minister of state:Jaiprakash Jaiswal.Everytime the muslims thugs see these cartoons speak on TV,the would be feeling reassured that they would never be caught.Even if they do get caught,there is no way they are going to brought into accpunt.A home minister that draws parallel between Afzal and Sarabjeet case is somebody who will make the muslims very happy
“Since Singh doesn’t thump his chest like you-know-who, flare up his nostrils like you-know-who or wag his finger like you-know-who, BJP spokesmen have merrily used the “weakest PM” tag to needle and deride the soft-spoken sardar.”
http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/is-manmohan-singh-still-indias-weakest-pm/
Replace Singh with Patil and you cannot go wrong. Advani would have reacted differently but he would not have stopped these incidents. Our media and public show no gratitude to our security forces and law enforcement people and this worsens the problem.
Two factors are mainly responsible for this spurt in violence:
1. The terror groups are fresh from Musharaff enforced rest.
2. The local involvement (from Indian Muslims) is more than ever.
(all this from a BJP leaning guy, ugh!)
What kind of non-sense is this resignation thing?
This must be something unique to India where “demand for resignation” and “rejected demand for resignation” are almost like steps in the algorithm that goes into play whenever an incident occurs.
I don’t recollect:
– demand for Bush’s resignation after 9/11
– demand for Blair’s resignation after 7/7
And certainly don’t recollect demand for any Editors and reporters resignation when there is a typo or false news in the newspapers?
Heck most in the media did not even accept responsibility in “Nazi gate” when dozens of editors were taken for a ride.
So no – there is no need for Patil to resign unless you have some evidence that shows Patil was just sitting on a very specific threat and had prior information.
Till I command rejects him he will not step down. The Congress sees a BJP hand in al blasts. Today a former CM of Karnataka states that the Dutta Peetha controversy and such other controversies are responsible for such acts. When we have such politicians what can we expect? Everybody sees with a caste-glass, no politician worth the salt has criticized such cowardly and heinous crimes and acts. Whether it is Patils, Sing/Singhs, Gowdas, etc till they have national interests before them the common man cannot do anything except to suffer.
Is this a piece of advice for the Congress?
I don’t like the last line this post by Churumuri. You are a UPA supporter aren’t you ? New improved Singh huh ? New, yes in the sense he has shown all of us, his marvelous political cloak which would put Chameleon to shame even by the way it rapidly changes colors, attitudes, stuffs etc.
Improved also, yeah goddamn improved in his ability to show all of us he is an astute politician, capable of spewing and twisting alibis to his party’s self interests. Singh is King, Singh is King, Sing is King goes on Churmuri. Another crappy piece which sums up to show that Churmuri’s standards are on decline.
Singh is stink
should patil resign?
kaNi kELi.
“should the “new, improved” Manmohan throw him out to show Singh is King after the trust-vote?”
Wht is this ” new, improved” non-sense. Singh is ever a bonded slave of Sonia and Rahu and bribing a few dishonest MPs is one thing and acting with determination against the home-grown Islamic terrorists and particularly their supporters in Muslim communities is another. Singh and Patil are effectively neutered. I do not see how further terrorist acts can be prevented with these people at the helm.
The only way to solve this problem is to declare India as a Hindu state where fundamental rights (yes, including the right to be (s)elected into a public office) are enjoyed only by Hindus and any attempt to convert a Hindu – with or without killing involved in the process – should attract capital punishment.
That, of course, is half the story. The other part requires us to shed corruption and incompetence. Both are achievable through economic development, which is achievable through good education.
I suggest a withdrawl of personal security for everyday the case is not cracked.
For every Home Minister in every state attacked by terrorists.
Maybe, just maybe, we may tempt them to attack these incompetent lumps than the rest of the population
Roy,9/11 happened only once and Bush has acted proactively unlike UPA which withdrew POTA and compared Afzal with Sarabjit.Asking the home minister to resign is like Bush asking a cabinet secretary to resign.This happens in the usa like it happened with Dept of Justice head some months ago.
Ignorant,biased people like you should not post.It seems you have a pesronal interest in supporting congress.You do not understand the grief of those killed and maimed underUPA rule by terrorists.Shame on u.May be you cannot imagine others feelings like UPA who walk around with ZZZZ security at taxpayer expense and ask others to keep calm and issue condemnation statements.
Atleast keep quiet,instead of shamelessly distorting facts to support UPA which withdrew pota.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080728/jsp/nation/story_9608640.jsp
Churumuri asked the other day why after 911, USA could stop terror attacks, while we in India are unable to do so. Here is a newsitem that explains the difference between USA and India.
In USA, a law enforcement agency will NEVER surrender to mob as happens in India often due to votebank politics.
Now, that is a brilliant suggestion Alok. I am sure they just doubled their own, while reducing whatever little the public had…
Secular parties DO NOT need to be accountable so he need not resign…. the moron
“The convenient political assumption in India is that voters don’t punish governments who appear to be ineffective against terror”
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/341208.html
This answers the question..
Blasts: Why Do They Keep Happening?
http://karnatique.blogspot.com/2008/07/blasts-why-do-they-keep-happening.html
Is Shivraj Patil in the cabinet?!
Shivraj Patil is a spineless moron. That is why he is the home minister of this pathetically soft, vote-bank-craving, minority-appeasing government. I have never come across a more sorry figure than Patil.
What alternatives do we have?
Shivaraj Patil should resign…and Narendra Modi too. After all, Modiji is the only CM who follows a legislative process very close to POTA in his state… And yet, the casualties seem to be rising…
After these two, all CMs of BJP ruled states (Rajasthan, Karnataka) should resign as the BJP can’t maintain law and order in states… unless they are also in power at the centre…
But at this point, one would also need a relapse of memory to conveniently forget that the parliament was attacked when the extremely “tough on terrorists” BJP government was in power and bargaining with terrorists in Kandahar.
Folks… grow up… this is what we call politics… And it’s not going to change… even if as Anandatirtha suggested we follow Pakistan’s path to development and declare ourselves a Hindu nation.
The only thing that we can do is not fall for this attempt to divert our attention… And keep focusing on real issues like economic progress for all…
In a country like India, where there are more differences than similarities… There is no end to this… Once we finish killing and further dividing ourselves on the basis of religion… We could then begin the Aryan vs Dravidian debate on who is the real Indian… And so on…
Both Congress government in central and BJP government in state(gujarath and karnataka) should resign owing moral responsibility to protect citizens:)
Both Congress government in central and BJP government in state(gujarath and karnataka) should resign owing moral responsibility for not being able to protect citizens from these bomb attacks.:)
I guess Shivaraj Patil is more dangerous to this country than Afzal Guru
Not resign.
THE MAN SHOULD BE SACKED IMMEDIATELY.
PI.
Sumkirla
Point taken. Politicians only want to blame each other, while the common man dies in bomb blasts.
Sir,
He shou,ld be sacked because he is inefficeint from day 1. Most of the commentators seem to think just because
Advani i advocating POTA the terrorists will be found and liquidated. No sir.Just now i hear that the attacks in bangalore and Chennaptana is having link to coimbatore blasts. The guys involved were released by Tamilnadu courts as they havce spent 8 years in prison.Same guys are now training fresh recruits as was the case in Gujerat. Guatonoma bay and USA and they donot know what to do with the terrorists as they want to do the same thing once released.
NOW THE ROOT OF EVIL IS SAUDI ARABIA and the maulvies who are paid by them. This should be exposed a s also the clerics like Dr.Zakir naik.Urgent dialogue with maulvies and scholars to define Jehad is necessary because once a maulvi preaches peace, he is considered a governemnt agent. I will prefer kerala text book method.
These blasts apart, militancy has resurfaced in the North East ever since this Govt has come to power. The blabber-bus called Jayanthi Natarajan comes on air and talks about Kandhahar everytime. These people never grow up. If we alway keep talking about Kandhahar and not think about today, we are making the jihadis happy. As someone has said, a joker by name Jaiswal is only complicating matters. Before making any proper assessment and working out a long term plan to get rid of these jihadis, he straight away makes a comment that the BJP Govt in Kar is not capable.
If he resigns he will be without a job like most Indians!
How will his resignation change anything? Someone else would be appointed to escort madam on IAF planes.. Anyway that’s the main job of Home minister these days :-)
We all know what churumuri bloggers think of Shivraj Patil..seems the Members of the Union Cabinet too have an opinion on him..were quite vocal about that…check the link below for details..
your time is well spent..
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/343063.html
Why to blame Shivraj Patil. I think we hindus should retrospect ourselves. If you go to the statistics the hindu politicians are opposing these laws more than the Muslims. Over the period of time the moral values in Hindu politicians ahve eroded greater than evry ody else. They are just sycophants who just want to be slaves by whatever emans to remain in power.
regarding Shivraj Patil, Shri Prakash jaiswal they are the jokers who put themselves for the puppet show at the behest of Sonia and Manmohan is speaker in that puppet show. few other member of this bandwagon is Kapil sibbal, Jayanti Natarajan, Abhisek manu singhvi,
So, Hindus get awakened, stand firm and decide the action just like the brave people of Jammu who have shown their courage and are fighting it in islolation. i request to all the members to think seriously
To resign also one has to do something like signing a resignation letter. Do you think our beloved Home Minister is capable of doing anything ?
Why only Patil? The buck ultimately stops with PM. He should resign. We have the most inefficeinet trioka in Manmohan – Sonia – Patil.
Yeah Mr Patil should be sacked as soon as possible . Indian government does not have place for such people who does not care for the indian people who faced this terror blasts.Mr home minister is not capable of handling a terror shot and if he did not solved the mishapp then he will be fired soon…
AMAR SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH, CHANDRASHEKHAR AZAD, ASHFAQULLAH KHAN, RAJGURU, SUKHDEO AUR Pt.RAMPRASAD BISMIL .sareekhay hazaro AMAR SHAHEED veero ke AMAR BALIDAANO ke parinaamswaroop jo AZADI hamko mili thi uski raksha ki jimmedari shivraj patil sareekhe KAAYAR, DARPOK aur NIKAMME logo ke haath may pahuch chuki hai, ye dekh kar hamari gardan sharm se jhuk jaati hai. shivraj patil sareekhe kaayar home minister ki kursi, SHERO(lions) ki virasat per billiyon(cats) ke kabze ki yaad dilaati hai. aise nakaaraa aur nikamme aadmi ko koi haq nahi hai ki wo 125 crore se jyada insaano ke jaanmaal ki raksha ki jimmedari sambhaale. sirf shivraj patil hi nahi balki unki congressi kuldevi SONIA GANDHI se bhi ye desh aaj poochna chah raha hai ki orissa may ek christian paadri graham stains ke murder ke baad SONIA ne tatkal hi waha ke tatkaaleen congressi chief minister J.B.PATNAIK ko kursi se hataakar sazaa dee thi lekin pichle 4.5 saal ke UPA shasan may darzan bhar aatanki visfoto may saikdo logo ki jaan chali gayi hazaaro log zindagi bhar ke liye apaahiz ho gaye. Hazaaro gharo ki roshni hamesha ke liye andhere may doob gayi lekin is sabke mukhya zimmedar shivraj patil ko koi sazaa kyu nahi dee congress ki kuldevi SONIA ne?
Kya unki nazaro may gori chamdi waale videshi ki jaan ki keemat saikdo hazaaro hindustaanio ki bhi jaan se bahut jyada hai? Kyuki aaj somwaar ko der shaam congressi kuldevi ke bhrasht bhakto ne unka aadesh sun ne ke baad fir spasht kar diya hai ki filhaal congressi kuldevi SONIA shivraj patil ke kaam se khush hai. Matlab ye ki SONIA ko is baat se koi farq nahi padtaa ki nikamme shivraj patil ke nikammepan ke kahar aur zahar ka shikaar ho kar hazaron desh waasio ke ghar barbaad ho chuke hai , hazaaro laashe bich chuki hai, desh ki rajdhani delhi kai baar khoon se nahaa chuki hai. iske baawzood congressi kuldevi ki ichchanusaar is desh ko usi kaayar home minister se hi kaam chalaana padega jiske paas ek dukaan ya ek makaan ki chaukidaari karne tak ka saahas nahi hai. Is desh ke pahle home minister rahe aur saari duniya may Lauh Purush ke roop may vikhyaat SARDAR PATEL ki atma apne aise kaayar aur kutil uttaraadhikaariyo ke kukarmo ko dekh kar khoon ke ansoo ro rahi hogi. FILHAAL JAHA TAQ MERI RAAY KI BAAT HAI TO IS NIKAMME KO TATKAAL ISI WAQT KURSI SE UTHA KAR ITIHAAS KE KOODEDAAN MAY FAINK DENA CHAHIYE
No. he should not resign. Not till. I think this government must get sacked who appoints this home minister. I don’t know who exactly run the government. Mr. Manmohan singh never reacts like a prime minister. He is every time busy in his Nuke deal. Even when his government was in disaster because of his blind faith in nuke deal, he was not bothering about it. It looks like SP man Amar singh took the responsibility to save government. Quota factor was also re-energized by this government. POTA, which an effective rule, this government stopped it, just because they think it was too strict. Everywhere our people are murdered. Why this government does not take the responsibility. Why people are tolerating such government?
He lost the loksabha elections. Had to be nominated to the Rajyasabha. Wonder what is it that is making the PM and the lady at 10 janpath see in him to give the importent portfolio. He does not even look like he can raise money for the congress party. His statement after the Mumbai attack sounded so familiar, I asked a friend in a TV channel if they were playing an old recording.
That Patil must resign on his own – it is already too late in the day but M Singh is only a front office Manager – So how can He help the hapless citizens of INDIA/BHARAT for the levers of Power are not in his hands.
But how can a common citizen’s (aam admi) word on the net or paper or electronic media do or bring results, I am very sorry for the plight of us citizens.