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    • Press Trust of India Tags : terrorism, Shivraj Patil, Congress leadership, delhi serail blasts Posted: Tuesday , Sep 16, 2008 at 1421 hrs New Delhi, September 16::
    Under fire over handling of terrorism, Shivraj Patil said he will quit if Cong leadership is not with him.
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    Under pressure to quit over his handling of internal security, Home Minister Shivraj Patil has said that he will go if the Congress leadership wants him to step down.

    "If the leadership is not with me there is no point of staying here. I am not in much demand. I am here just because of them (leadership).

    "I have no group either. It's only that the leadership supports me that I continue to stay here," he was quoted as saying in a TV channel.

    The Home Minister took exception to the criticism over his changing clothes thrice while appearing before the media on Saturday after the Delhi blasts and said, "you criticise his policies, you don't criticise his clothes".

    Patil said, "suppose I don't use abusive language. I live in a clean, neat manner. If I don't get angry with the people. If I keep my cool when it is necessary to keep cool when such incidents happen, you find fault with me. And if they are doing it, do you expect me to reply to that kind of criticism against me".

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    The Home Minister further said, "I will leave it to the people to judge. You judge yourself. Is this the correct way of criticising a politician. You criticise his policies, you don't criticise his clothes".

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    CONVERSION WORSE THAN TERRORISM AS A DIVISIVE FORCEBy: Mohini Kale | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward In South Korea,Christian missionaries have turned a peaceful Buddhistic country into a Christian majority country, just within 20 years.They talk of 'milk of Christ's mercy' for the poor and the suffering, but it is the poison of divisiveness. They talk of Christians (converts) as a peace loving people nowhere near the Islamists in cruelty and terrorism, but the aggression and hatred they sread against Hinduism and their vital symbol of religiosity, their deities, and the fraudulent miracles performed in the midst of huge crowds of the guliible poor are worse than terrorism. TREMENDOUS SENSE OF UNITY AND NATIONAL HONOUR EVEN IN THE FACE OF SO MUCH INFILTRATION BY THE CONVERTS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE DEMANDED FOR HINDUS, IF THEY WANT TO SPREAD THE VEDIC MESSAGE OF UNITY OF ALL ECOLOGY AND PROSPERITY WITH SPIRITUALITY AS THE ONLY SAVING PRINCIPLE FOR OUR WHOLE WORLD. We don't need to ask for others to change religious labels,as these missionaries(MERCENARIES) do for political power.
    ConversionBy: Jayant | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward you are absolutely right. A few days ago a group of people, in a very organized way, were flooding the IE message board with obscene and filthy language about Hinduism. The degree of penetration of these propagandist is menacing. They are inside IE, in the media, in the govt, every where. It is amazing how well they were trained in propagating hatred. It appears now that these Christian groups are worse indoctrenated than the Talibans.
    You are rightBy: RO | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward Agreed, come forward and spread awareness to conter wicked amlafied and ulterior motives of missionaries.
    Home Minister or servant of Sonia GandhiBy: gnsetty | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward Shivraj Patil shames the cabinet post by saying he stays because he enjoys Sonia's confidence.This brings back memories of Indira Gandhi's dictatorial rule in 1970s.Here in Australia with average life expectancy over 85 any minister over 60 is considered old and makes away for the young.But in India our ministers die in office or thrown out of office by voters.But they won't resign ministership or party posts till literally physically forced to do so.All ministers act like princes of old India but with little education,no compassion,no appreciation of arts except the art of running a hidden mafia of voluble supporters.These terrorists are well educated and skilled in many ways and our police with world war II weapons and a lathi are no match.Till India recruits the brightest with market based salaries plus latest surveillance equipment with no politicians hovering over them or using them for themselves,these terrorists will have a free run.
    A progressive, iterative and programmatic course correction requiredBy: tick | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward The central ideal in our Constitution is that a Cabinet Minister reports to none, and is accountable to the Constitution and to the citizens and works at the pleasure of the Prime Minister. Lal Bhadur set the loft principle by quitting per his conscience. Likewise SP Mukherjee had quit on political differences. These were lofty decisions, taken in a spirit consistent with what is implicit in the Constitution that policy utterances and decisions of the Cabinet Minister represents the voice of Sovreign India. It is upholding of this Sovreignity which is at stake here and it is sad indeed how we have relegated ourselves over the years. The fault lies not with any particular individuals, Indian intellectuals, the government officials, the journalists, lay public , all of us are to be blamed for this system corrosion and continuous devaluation. A progressive, iterative and programmatic course correction is required to restore the basic trust in the civil rule of law to prevent terror.
    Hidden AgendaBy: GPaul | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward It raises an eyebrow and an eye openeor to a grand conspiracy against Hindus as the meeting was chaired by Maino Antonio Sonia, A.K.Anthony, Margret Alwa, Ahmad patel, manmohan singh. They should bring out the entire deliberation which occured in the meeting.
    patilBy: Rajan | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward So there was one Shivaji who defeated mighty moguls with handful warriors and protected hinduism.And then there is this ShivaRaj home minister who with entire might of India has proved useless and spineless to even stand-up forget any stern action against jihadi terrorrists who are killing Indians. Indeed India has become like Iraq, MidEast where a common man can just die while incompetent ministers like Shivraj Patil remain firmly seated after so many failures. shame on this useless maratha.As a maharshtrian I apologize to all India for giving our country such an useless gutless maratha in charge of nation's security.
    cues in a way give an inkling of the predicament By: tick | 17-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward This kind of thinking within Hindu identity, and this Maratha business is a sure recipe for disaster and negates the very idea of India. Mr. Patil needs to be complimented for taking a non-partisan and judicious approach to tackle terror. As an Indian, in this difficult hour, would like to extend support. The task of maintaining peace is an onerous one and as long as we walk the straight and narrow path of law and legal action, the inter-community trust, which is the utmost need of the hour shall be maintained. There is also need for more institutional support and mechanisms to thwart terror, and hopefully the emergent threats would lead to political galvanising and additional funding to create an effective counter-terror setups. ----The present statement, which upgrades the politcal processes from vesting trust in an individual to an abstraction is a welcome upgradation of thought. Such caliberated cues in a way give an inkling of the predicament faced and the need to emerge out of it. His former role as a Speaker does enable assimilation of a wide range of perception, which is perhaps the singular ability most needed for this complex and difficult role.
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