Netas sacked after 26/11 back in corridors of power

Three years on, while victims of the worst-ever terrorist strike on Indian soil still await benefits of a rehabilitation package to reach them, the heads that had rolled in the wake of the 26/11 attack are back in the corridors of power - with full honours. A week after the attack that left 166 innocent persons dead, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was quick to sack then Union home minister Shivraj Patil. Subsequently, NCP boss and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar dismissed Maharashtra deputy chief minister R R Patil, who also held the home portfolio. Following Pawar's bold political move, Sonia was forced to ask chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to step down.

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