Palaniappan Chidambaram has just completed 4 months as the new Home Minister of India. How would you rate his performance so far? Let us not compare him to his predecessor Shivraj Patil as that would be an extreme, comparing him to Sardar Patel would be another extreme! Let us judge him for what he was expected to do and what he has achieved. P Chidambaram was thrust into this position in post 26/11 atmosphere when the whole nation was disgusted by the country’s most timid Home Minister, Shivraj Patil of Maharashtra, a sycophant of the Nehru/Gandhi cabal. This dandy (Shivraj Patil) disgraced the country but Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena had no complaints with him. So much for their phony ‘Hindutva’ and patriotism!
Since November 30, 2008 when Chidambaram was forced into this position, much to his displeasure, he has performed reasonably well. Except for one minor incident in Assam on January 9, 2009 , there has been some form of stability in the internal security apparatus of India. Chidambaram has been the most pro-active Home Minister in India in a very long time. He is not waiting for the next terrorist attack but has been busy reconstructing the outdated internal security infrastructure in India. This Minister for Home Affairs is adamant on creating the nation-wide hub for National Security Guards and at the same time building an effective and credible Indian Coast Guard . If we had him as our Home Minister to begin with, we might not have been so vulnerable in the first place. Just THINK about this observation!
Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta interviews P Chidambaram on the show ‘Walk The Talk’
Indian Police is threatening the secular fabric of India!
Has India’s stature shrunk after the crisis?
What ‘crisis infrastructure’ is Ratan Tata talking about?
Often wisdom is better than misplaced-valor
The audacity of terror!
Indian Police, our first line of defense!
Is India ready for international terrorism?
Aamcha ‘Coast Guard’ jhopla ka?
India must introduce the ‘National Guard’, now!
India must develop a Blue-Water Navy…
Sakaram and Pandurang to fight terror with a ‘danda’!
A Biswajeet in the Government of India…
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