Showing posts with label "Mumbai Terror". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Mumbai Terror". Show all posts

Monday, December 01, 2008

How I feel, Substandard vests, batons vs AK 47

Right now I feel the same way as I felt during the Kargil war. The feeling is no different than that of India having been attacked and at war.
On top of that, just add the comments by politicians everyday. Yesterday RR Pateeel says that 'Small things like this in big cities happen". Yesterday he says that "Why should I resign?". Today he has resigned and says that "I am resigning because of my conscience".
Today Achutanandan (translating to child of an untouchable) says that "Had it not been for Sandeep, not even a og would have visited his house." A father who has lost his young son is being said this just because he did not like his son's martyrdom being politicised. What kind of people are governing our country!
Today I hear about deficient bulletproof vests being the reason for the death of Mr Karkare and several other policemen. http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/01mumterror-were-the-bulletproof-vests-substandard.htm
The purchasing is done by the department headed by the joint commissioner of police (administration). Why is he still holding his office. Why is there a case of treason not slapped on him?
Today a TV channel played clips recorded by a mobile showing the Mumbai policemen fighting with the terror module at Girgaun - Chowpaty with a baton and a service revolver. Fighting two hard core militants who have received commando training for a year and who are armed with AK 47 and granades with what - One Service Revolver which is so old that it is unreliable and batons. Why isnt Mumbai Police better equipped and armed? What does the Police Commissioner have to say about this?

The whole brass needs to be rejigged. Is PC listening?

Sunday, November 30, 2008

More comments on Mumbai Terror Attack

Shivraj Patil's resignation was default. Government should not expect to be seen as doing something by getting him to resign. It needs to do a lot more and needs to be also seen to be doing a lot more. No one from the government should be talking to any news channel in a loud or aggressive tone.
And vigilant Indians and press should ensure that an incompetent sycophantic fool like Shivraj is not given something like an ambassador or governor posting.
I believe thay Raj Thackray is finished unless he goes back to his chacha, who too not have a lot of steam left.
I believe that Advani and Rajnath did a crime by not being a part of the all-party meeting called by MMS. It is another matter altogether that there was nothing as such decided or announced in the meeting that required an all party consensus.
I believe that Maharashtra government leadership has also shown itself to be incompetent twice in quick succession. Once in their failure to handle the Raj Thackrey episode. And now in ignoring intelligence failures to the state again and again and again, in R R Patil saying 'Small things like these happen in big cities' and in Deshmukh taking along people like his actor son and Ram Gopal Verma for a 'disaster tourism' of the scenes of massacre and bloodbath. They too should be sacked now for first of all big blunders and secondly trivializing something as major as this.
Along with this political rolling, there are no bureaucratic rolling as such is happening. The IB head, home secy and national security advisor also need to be booted out.
Lets see what happens in the coming days.
What is still scary is one of the disclosures by the caught terrorist that 15 terrorists landed at Bombay. The current count of those accounted for is 10. What about the remaining 5?