The aftermath of the most audacious and deadly terrorist attack on Indian soil has claimed its first major victim: the Union Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil.
Mr Patil, who had been under fire over a spate of nationwide terror strikes including the latest one in Mumbai, tendered his resignation here on Sunday.
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has been allocated the Home portfolio in place of Mr Patil, who owned moral responsibility for the attacks in the country’s financial capital that left nearly 200 dead and many more injured.
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will henceforth take direct charge of the Finance Ministry, following Mr Chidambaram’s move to the adjacent office of North Block.
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