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After Shivraj & RR Patil, Deshmukh likely to be shown the door
New Delhi, Dec 1(PTI) After Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Deputy Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra R R Patil quit Monday in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh also appears to be on the way out.
R R Patil resigned three days after the terror strikes
and his party chief Sharad Pawar has asked the Chief Minister
to accept the resignation.
"We have taken our own decision. It is for them to
take their decision," the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
supremo told PTI when asked whether the chief minister, who
belongs to Congress, had also quit.
A Congress leader, who declined to be named, said if
either the CM or the Deputy CM goes, "the other will
have to go because the issue is the same".
A beleaguered Deshmukh landed himself in a fresh
controversy yesterday as he visited the terror-hit Taj Mahal
hotel along with film producer Ram Gopal Verma and Deshmukh's
Bollywood actor son Reitesh.
The issue was raised at the all-party meeting convened by
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh Sunday night which was
also attended by Sonia Gandhi with some parties criticising
the CM for his "casual" attitude.
Deshmukh recently completed four years in office. The
names of Union ministers Prithviraj Chavan and Sushil Kumar
Shinde are doing the rounds to replace the Chief Minister and
sources say a decision on the successor's name was delaying
Deshmukh's resignation.
The name of NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal is doing the
rounds for the post of the Deputy CM.
A section of Congress leaders say that strong steps are
needed to ensure that the party meant business when it comes
to issues of the country's security.
Chief Minister of the western state of Maharashtra,
Vilasrao Deshmukh has offered to resign and a decision on it
will be taken in a day or two, highly placed Congress sources
told PTI.
The offer comes after the Congress Working Committee
(CWC) meet attended by Deshmukh on Saturday evening which saw
leader after leader emphasising the need to ensure
accountability from "higher to lower level".
Party leaders say since the Union Home Minister has
resigned at the higher level, the accountability now needs
to be fixed at the lower level also and the Chief Minister has
to take a call at the earliest. PTI
R R Patil resigned three days after the terror strikes
and his party chief Sharad Pawar has asked the Chief Minister
to accept the resignation.
"We have taken our own decision. It is for them to
take their decision," the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
supremo told PTI when asked whether the chief minister, who
belongs to Congress, had also quit.
A Congress leader, who declined to be named, said if
either the CM or the Deputy CM goes, "the other will
have to go because the issue is the same".
A beleaguered Deshmukh landed himself in a fresh
controversy yesterday as he visited the terror-hit Taj Mahal
hotel along with film producer Ram Gopal Verma and Deshmukh's
Bollywood actor son Reitesh.
The issue was raised at the all-party meeting convened by
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh Sunday night which was
also attended by Sonia Gandhi with some parties criticising
the CM for his "casual" attitude.
Deshmukh recently completed four years in office. The
names of Union ministers Prithviraj Chavan and Sushil Kumar
Shinde are doing the rounds to replace the Chief Minister and
sources say a decision on the successor's name was delaying
Deshmukh's resignation.
The name of NCP leader Chagan Bhujbal is doing the
rounds for the post of the Deputy CM.
A section of Congress leaders say that strong steps are
needed to ensure that the party meant business when it comes
to issues of the country's security.
Chief Minister of the western state of Maharashtra,
Vilasrao Deshmukh has offered to resign and a decision on it
will be taken in a day or two, highly placed Congress sources
told PTI.
The offer comes after the Congress Working Committee
(CWC) meet attended by Deshmukh on Saturday evening which saw
leader after leader emphasising the need to ensure
accountability from "higher to lower level".
Party leaders say since the Union Home Minister has
resigned at the higher level, the accountability now needs
to be fixed at the lower level also and the Chief Minister has
to take a call at the earliest. PTI
