I was disinclined but answered to call of duty: PC

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Posted: Monday , Dec 01, 2008 at 1633 hrs IST New Delhi:

Chidambaram has said that he was just answering the call of duty and that he was disinclined to move to Home Ministry.

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‘I was disinclined’ to move to the Home Ministry but in a situation like this, "I answered to the call of duty", P Chidambaram said on Monday on his portfolio being changed from Finance Minister to Home Minister.

"When the Prime Minister conveyed the decision to me, I will be less than honest if I do not say that I was disinclined," Chidambaram told reporters here while winding up his duties with the Finance Ministry.

"But in a situation like the one we find ourselves, the final call is taken by the party leader, in my case the Congress president and the Prime Minister. I therefore answered to the call of duty," he said.

Chidambaram was appointed the Home Minister on Sunday after Shivraj Patil resigned in the wake of terror strikes in Mumbai.

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Payment not the issueBy: Gauri Ghatnekar | 03-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Dear editor, PC will do a great job as a home minister. i firmly feel this. he did a terrific job of introducing economic reforms to the urban poor and therefore i feel that he has a real gift for managing home affairs too. a real revolution is needed in order to evolve our country successfully in the direction of growth and employment. we need men who are capable of handling vast amounts of data and cash successfully. there must be equitable distribution of wealth, and correspondingly power. power must be used wisely by all, and pc with his programmes has successfully exhibited this. his disinclination was seen by all

Look the smile of this rajaBy: KR | 02-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward What a shame that we have such politicians. Just look at his smiling face in this moment of terror unleashed on India. Any seriousness? Any tough posture? On top of that he claims he was disinclined. Minority appeasing, PAK licking, spinless, shameless individuals. As somebody said this is the last straw that breaks the camels back. UPA must be burried deep.

STOP Bashing PoliticiansBy: Nathan | 02-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Politicians just represent Indians, Indians should stop moaning and accept that such changes do not really change anything. It could be this disinclined man or those who have commented below the end result will be same as Indians lack integrity and honesty. They do not appreciate quality and a spineless race which can only moan and complain. Indians should forget independence and ask request the British Queen to look after them.

newsBy: balu | 02-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward very good message thank you

New Home MinisterBy: K.V. Raman | 01-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Chidambaram was useless as Finance Minister and I don't think he is going to set Thames on fire as Home minister.Why we can't appoint a retired four star General like Ge. Padmanabhan or J.J. Singh or N.C. Vij as Home Minister.What we need is dynamic leadership at the Home Ministry who is capable of organizing our intelligence network. All the appointments to the heads of intelligence agencies such as CBI, RAW and IB are based on political connections and not merit. How can these buffoons take care of the security of this country? We have to fix the corruption starting from the Ministers to Judges to the lowest level police constable if we have the real intention to save this country from terrorist attacks.