Attack in Mumbai -2

[ramana]

Now calf is barking orders!

PTI reports:
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TN Raghunatha | Mumbai
Successor decision today
Vilasrao Deshmukh finally got marching orders from the party high command late on Wednesday night. After dilly-dallying for over 48 hours, the Congress high command finally decided to replace him. His successor will be named in Mumbai on Thursday.

The three Congress leaders whose names are being mentioned as the contenders for the CM's post are Sushil Kumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan and Narayan Rane. Though Prithviraj Chavan’s name for the post had figured earlier, he is not as much race as it was speculated before.

Late in the night, AICC general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra AK Antony confirmed Deshmukh’s exit and said that a team of observers would be in Mumbai on Thursday for consultations with the party legislators and be a part of the Congress Legislature Party to decide on the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

<b>Party sources said it was Rahul Gandhi who expedited the process of a decision on Deshmukh’s successor. “Rahul went to the official residence of Antony at around 1.30 pm and spent around one-and-a-half hours discussing issues relating to Maharashtra. He told Antony point blank that the party leadership should not delay a decision on the leadership change in Maharashtra since such a delay would further damage the image of the Congress in Maharashtra,” a Congress leader close to Antony quoted Rahul as saying.</b>  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>A somewhat charged Antony called up Ahmed Patel and organised a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi to decide on the leadership. At a meeting held later in the night among Sonia, Antony, Patel and Pranab Mukherjkee, it was decided that Deshmukh be asked to go and a replacement be found within next 24 hours.</b>

<i>{So she sends the calf to bark at the functionaries and then setup mtg to hear the functionaries! Wah Wah what a charade}</i>

Meanwhile, <b>Congress on Wednesday gave broad hints </b>that the <b>"principle of accountability"</b> in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes would extend beyond the political arena and <b>cover the bureaucrats too</b>.

<i>{So the loyal water bag carriers will get the axe too!No more Yes Minister types}</i>

"The entire outrage in Mumbai is being reviewed. The new Home Minister has taken charge. Let the process be complete. Accountability will be fixed," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told mediapersons in New Delhi.

<b>Tewari was replying to a volley of questions on the role of the NSA, Home Secretary, IB Chief, Director General of Coast Guards and also RAW chief and whether there was any lapses on their part.</b>

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