R R Patil Resigns Over Mumbai Terror Attack

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Mumbai, Dec : Heads continued to roll in the wake of deadly terror attack in Mumbai, with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil resigning on Monday.

"I have submitted my resignation letter to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. I have gone by my conscience and decided to take this step," Patil said a day after refusing to step down in the aftermath of the mounting criticism following Mumbai terror strikes.

It is not clear as yet whether CM Deshmukh has accepted his deputy’s resignation. Patil decided to put in his papers after a meeting of his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in New Delhi. Media reports suggested Patil was asked to step down by NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

There are also reports that there is growing pressure on CM Deshmukh from within the Congress party to step down.

The latest resignation came after Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil stepped down, taking moral responsibility for the terror attack on Mumbai, which claimed 183 lives and left at least 295 injured.

Shivraj Patil has been replaced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh taking over the charge of FinMin.

National Security Adviser M K Narayanan also offered his resignation yesterday, but he has been asked by the PM to continue.

R R Patil had earlier grabbed headlines when he described Mumbai terror attacks as “small incidents”.

There are also reports that Intelligence Bureau Director P C Halder, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and other bureaucrats may also be asked to quit in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.




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