Barely a few hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh offered to step down, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday morning started consultations with senior party leaders on the strategy ahead.
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) indicated during the discussions, which came after Deshmukh's announcement in Mumbai that he had offered to put in his papers at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday that a decision on the issue would come in a day or two.
The matter has gained urgency as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil resigned on Monday a day after Shivraj Patil was eased out as Union Home Minister.
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan are two names doing the rounds as possible successors to Deshmukh.
Sonia held consultations with newly appointed Home Minister P Chidambaram, defence minister and in-charge of party affairs in Maharashtra, A K Antony and senior party leader Ahmed Patel.
"I can only say that the Maharashtra chief minister has offered to resign. A coalition government is there and we have to consult the allies. Consultations are on. At this point, I cannot say anything. I can say later today or tomorrow," Antony told reporters after the meeting.
Earlier in the day, Shinde also had a meeting with Gandhi.
The continuance of Deshmukh, who has been Chief Minister for over four years, became untenable after the state government came under severe criticism over last week's terror attacks.
Minutes after Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced that he had offered to step down, Union Minister and senior leader from the state Sushil Kumar Shinde met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday morning.
Shinde, a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a senior member of Union Cabinet, met Gandhi at her residence.
The name of Shinde and Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan is doing the rounds in party circles to replace Deshmukh. As per sources, a decision on Deshmukh's successor is to be taken soon.
After Shivraj Patil, who was forced to resign as Union Home Ministry on Sunday, more political heads rolled on Monday in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil submitting his resignation and Deshmukh likely to follow suit.
"I offered to resign at the CWC meeting (on Saturday) if any responsibility lies on the Chief Minister. Whatever decision the high command and my leader take, I will abide by it," 63-year-old Deshmukh told a news conference in Mumbai this morning.
The Congress-NCP government came under severe criticism over the last week's terror attacks.
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Terrorist Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident of Faridkot, Multan in Pakistan, a Pakistani elite commando, caught in Taj, got his orders from shadow ISI and
The man is in custody. He is an educated youth, a college student, educated in Pakistan’s Islamic school where Osama Bin Laden is respected as God’s Prime Agent. He got his direct orders from shadow ISI, Pakistan’s clandestine intelligence militia founded by Saudi oil money and American billions of dollars paid to Pakistan to fight terror.
He was caught by the Indian NSG in Taj. He was brain washed by the Islamic ideology that drives hundreds of thousands of young Muslims to the dark alleys of Waziristan where American money for Pakistan’s war against terror and Saudi oil money get funneled into Al-Queda terror training ground. They want to take Afghanistan over. They want to take control Pakistani nukes. They want to slave India into submission. Terrorist Ajmal says that will happen one day, it is just a question of time.
Indian security forces have him. Some say he is just a SIMI fellow from Indian college and lying about his identity. The real culprits are gone leaving him there to make up a story.
He was brought to Indian shores by a large mother cargo ship. He boarded with forty others to rubber rafts silently to India Gate. The bribed Mumbai police was ready to give them the necessary cars, infrastructure to start spreading out all over Mumbai with most sophisticated ammunition and ammo dumps all over the city planned beforehand.
He was caught by the Indian NSG in Taj. He was brain washed by the Islamic ideology that drives hundreds of thousands of young Muslims to the dark alleys of Waziristan where American money for Pakistan’s war against terror and Saudi oil money get funneled into Al-Queda terror training ground. They want to take Afghanistan over. They want to take control Pakistani nukes. They want to slave India into submission. Terrorist Ajmal says that will happen one day, it is just a question of time.
Indian security forces have him. Some say he is just a SIMI fellow from Indian college and lying about his identity. The real culprits are gone leaving him there to make up a story.
He was brought to Indian shores by a large mother cargo ship. He boarded with forty others to rubber rafts silently to India Gate. The bribed Mumbai police was ready to give them the necessary cars, infrastructure to start spreading out all over Mumbai with most sophisticated ammunition and ammo dumps all over the city planned beforehand.
How Pakistan delivered CNN feed to terrorists in Taj and Oberoi to find Indian NSG commandos
This was the most daring and open act of the Pakistan’s ISI to aid the terrorists. But Indian signal intelligence experts caught the Pakistanis red handed in their game.
Vikram Sood, former chief of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (equivalent of American CIA), said lots needed to be self-censored. “It was horrific,” he said. “The terrorists were getting information exactly what was happening outside.”
The visuals were shown despite a Thursday night advisory from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asking news channels not to report on operational details. The advisory was issued after Home Ministry officials complained that channels were indirectly helping militants keep tabs on the security forces’ operation.
CNN and some American channels continued to criticize Indian commandos and highlighting every minute part of the operation. Pakistan’s ISI took these feeds and sent them directly to the terrorists that created a command and control center in Taj and Oberoi that had direct connection to ISI planners in Pakistan.
Government officials said that the militants in the Taj and Oberoi hotels were getting details of the movement of security forces around the hotels on Wednesday night from Pakistan through satellite phones and laptops, even though cable television lines were snapped in hotels on Wednesday night itself.
“The satellite phone intercepts indicated that television was being used to provide information to militants inside the hotels till Thursday evening when the government issued an advisory,” said and I&B ministry official. Added an official: “The militants knew from where the security forces were zeroing in.” That could have slowed down the operation.
News channels were also advised not to show the bodies of victims till the operation was over as it could give a boost to the morale of the militants inside the hotels. “We also asked the channels not to show the burning hotel rooms repeatedly. If they were shown, then the logo of repeat telecast should be clearly mentioned,” an official said. Though senior ministry officials described the TV coverage overall as restrained and much better than in earlier times, there were lapses.
Vikram Sood, former chief of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (equivalent of American CIA), said lots needed to be self-censored. “It was horrific,” he said. “The terrorists were getting information exactly what was happening outside.”
The visuals were shown despite a Thursday night advisory from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asking news channels not to report on operational details. The advisory was issued after Home Ministry officials complained that channels were indirectly helping militants keep tabs on the security forces’ operation.
CNN and some American channels continued to criticize Indian commandos and highlighting every minute part of the operation. Pakistan’s ISI took these feeds and sent them directly to the terrorists that created a command and control center in Taj and Oberoi that had direct connection to ISI planners in Pakistan.
Government officials said that the militants in the Taj and Oberoi hotels were getting details of the movement of security forces around the hotels on Wednesday night from Pakistan through satellite phones and laptops, even though cable television lines were snapped in hotels on Wednesday night itself.
“The satellite phone intercepts indicated that television was being used to provide information to militants inside the hotels till Thursday evening when the government issued an advisory,” said and I&B ministry official. Added an official: “The militants knew from where the security forces were zeroing in.” That could have slowed down the operation.
News channels were also advised not to show the bodies of victims till the operation was over as it could give a boost to the morale of the militants inside the hotels. “We also asked the channels not to show the burning hotel rooms repeatedly. If they were shown, then the logo of repeat telecast should be clearly mentioned,” an official said. Though senior ministry officials described the TV coverage overall as restrained and much better than in earlier times, there were lapses.
Six Pakistani commando terrorists fighting pitch battle with Indian NSG commandos in Taj - door to door fighting
They are not getting the CNN feed from ISI Pakistan anymore. They are fighting pitch battle against Indian NSG commandos keeping many hostages with them.
"They (terrorists) are changing their positions. We have to also, on the spot, try and change our tactics, strategies," Director General of NSG J K Dutt said when asked about the Taj siege where militants are still holed up.
"From the intensity of the firing and different area they have occupied, I would say there would be two or three of them," he said.
The NSG chief said the final picture will emerge only after the final operation is over and the checking of the room is complete.
"Our information is that they have been hit," he said and refused to divulge further details.
"They (terrorists) are changing their positions. We have to also, on the spot, try and change our tactics, strategies," Director General of NSG J K Dutt said when asked about the Taj siege where militants are still holed up.
"From the intensity of the firing and different area they have occupied, I would say there would be two or three of them," he said.
The NSG chief said the final picture will emerge only after the final operation is over and the checking of the room is complete.
"Our information is that they have been hit," he said and refused to divulge further details.
Salaam Bombay
Salaam BombayBecause...Call it Mumbai if you want, but you can't take out the spirit of Bombay from it. No, I am not speaking rather mouthing the cliché of the "great resilience" but the sense of propriety that Bombay displayed through the three nights. Over 150 people have been killed, many of them from the city. A large number of working class people who laid their lives down in the line of duty in hotels, a large number of professionals and some top-notch businessmen
Cut back to the three nights of macabre madness. At any given time, there were over 300 lives at stake between CST and Nariman House, but not once did you hear of "politicization of the tragedy". No, there were no dharnas outside the Chief Minister's house, no petitions to the prime minister, no flagellation. Just rewind to the Kandahar tragedy to remember the spectacle of politics as a nation's honour was being negotiated. None of that was witnessed in Bombay. Yes, there were tears in many eyes as the dome of the Taj was aflame, there was sorrow that so many lives were lost, and there was grief that the tragedy foretold many times had visited them again
Salaam BombayBecause the city has not allowed the politicians to harvest this grief because the man on the street is no longer buying theories of "our nationalism" vs "their nationalism". If there is one emotion in evidence it was anger spelt in capitals. As you drive down from the airport, there is an eerie sense of calm on the roads. The traffic is thin through the distance to the city. If there is a hold up, it is at Shivaji Park, as ordinary people who walked with the cortege to pay homage to the courage of Hemant Karkare, an extraordinary police officer.
Narendra Modi may feel triumphant at having beaten both Advani and Manmohan by getting to the trouble spot. There may be many who admire the way he runs Gujarat but this visit and the "reward of Rs one crore" has only triggered anger among people. "Can Karkare's courage be weighed against cash?" asks a beat constable. It is a sentiment politicians may want to understand. This city is simply on hold, it is waiting to grieve before it erupts
Salaam BombayBecause...this time the city will seek its due. You may call it the tipping point, the turning point, the break point. Whatever you call it, the city seems to be coming together. They may be saying it in Marathi in Mazgaon, in Gujarati in Ghatkopar, in Konkani in Colaba Machimar Nagar, in English on Altamount Road… in the quaint East Indian dialect… whatever the language they have just one message. Across class and the very peculiar geography of the city people are saying just one thing. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. The time for empty promises and platitudes is over. Those in "know-who" city, otherwise called Delhi had better watch out because Bombay is nothing if not the know-how country. Watch this space, the city will seek redemption.And SOFor this spirit this native of the know-who city says Salaam Bombay.
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Mumbai locals helped us, terrorist tells cops
MUMBAI Did some Mumbai locals provide support to the Pakistani terrorists? Azam Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist nabbed alive, has revealed names and addresses of at least five people from the city who helped the terror operation.
Sources said that help like, providing shelter, taking them around and showing places, passing information on police stations and nakabandhis were given by these locals. Joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria said,"We suspect there could be local assistants but it is subject to verification. It will be very premature to comment on this at this stage as our investigations is going on.''
Kasab has told police that they were sent with a specific mission of targeting Israelis to avenge atrocities on Palestinians. This was why they targetted Nariman House, a complex meant for Israelis. Sources said Kasab's colleagues killed in the operation had stayed in Nariman House earlier.
"They have stayed in Nariman house on rental basis identifying themselves as Malaysian students.'' said a source. Police are trying to find out how Nariman House rooms were given to non-Jews. Police has taken all the records books of for verification. The second target was the CST railway station because casualties would be high.
Crime branch has also recovered several fake identity and credit cards from the belongings of dead terrorists. "All the cards are in different names and of different banks. Now we are at least trying to figure out how they procured credit cards from various banks.'' said Maria. The recovery of so many cards with different names have led Mumbai police to suspect the involvement of ISI.
Though Maria maintained only 10 terrorists had sneaked in, the two blasts in taxis in Wadi Bunder and Vile Parle have led the police to believe there could be possibility of the presence of another two or more terrorists in the city.
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Sources said that help like, providing shelter, taking them around and showing places, passing information on police stations and nakabandhis were given by these locals. Joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria said,"We suspect there could be local assistants but it is subject to verification. It will be very premature to comment on this at this stage as our investigations is going on.''
Kasab has told police that they were sent with a specific mission of targeting Israelis to avenge atrocities on Palestinians. This was why they targetted Nariman House, a complex meant for Israelis. Sources said Kasab's colleagues killed in the operation had stayed in Nariman House earlier.
"They have stayed in Nariman house on rental basis identifying themselves as Malaysian students.'' said a source. Police are trying to find out how Nariman House rooms were given to non-Jews. Police has taken all the records books of for verification. The second target was the CST railway station because casualties would be high.
Crime branch has also recovered several fake identity and credit cards from the belongings of dead terrorists. "All the cards are in different names and of different banks. Now we are at least trying to figure out how they procured credit cards from various banks.'' said Maria. The recovery of so many cards with different names have led Mumbai police to suspect the involvement of ISI.
Though Maria maintained only 10 terrorists had sneaked in, the two blasts in taxis in Wadi Bunder and Vile Parle have led the police to believe there could be possibility of the presence of another two or more terrorists in the city.
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India complain to ICC over Lloyd remarks
NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The Indian board has complained to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about its cricket committee chief Clive Lloyd for suggesting talks to settle a row over the unofficial Twenty20 Indian Cricket League.
The former West Indies skipper had said the ICL and the official Indian Premier League could work together.
"I am hoping that the IPL and ICL will co-exist. There's nothing like having a discussion to break the ice," he was quoted by the Indian media as saying at a promotional event on Wednesday.An ICC spokesman confirmed on Friday the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has lodged a complaint."The CEO (Haroon Lorgat) has received an email from the BCCI," he told Reuters by phone from its Dubai headquarters.The Indian board has banned ICL players from official tournaments and launched its own multi-million dollar version last year.It held talks with ICL last month after the league officials petitioned the ICC but announced they had failed and submitted a report to the ruling body.The BCCI complaint comes after former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar stepped down in May in controversial circumstances to end an eight-year tenure with Lloyd succeeding him.Gavaskar quit after he was asked by the ICC to choose between the job and his role as a paid media pundit after concerns about a conflict of interest.Source: http://www.bdnews24.com
The former West Indies skipper had said the ICL and the official Indian Premier League could work together.
"I am hoping that the IPL and ICL will co-exist. There's nothing like having a discussion to break the ice," he was quoted by the Indian media as saying at a promotional event on Wednesday.An ICC spokesman confirmed on Friday the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has lodged a complaint."The CEO (Haroon Lorgat) has received an email from the BCCI," he told Reuters by phone from its Dubai headquarters.The Indian board has banned ICL players from official tournaments and launched its own multi-million dollar version last year.It held talks with ICL last month after the league officials petitioned the ICC but announced they had failed and submitted a report to the ruling body.The BCCI complaint comes after former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar stepped down in May in controversial circumstances to end an eight-year tenure with Lloyd succeeding him.Gavaskar quit after he was asked by the ICC to choose between the job and his role as a paid media pundit after concerns about a conflict of interest.Source: http://www.bdnews24.com
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