Friday, January 23, 2009

Mumbai Mayhem: Where are the real Leaders?

Sify.com Wednesday, 10 December , 2008, 12:33
Major General Mrinal Suman, AVSM, VSM, PhD, commanded an Engineer Regiment on the Siachen Glacier, the most hostile battlefield in the world. A highly qualified officer (B Tech, MA (Public Administration), MSc (Defence Studies) and a Doctorate in Public Administration) he was also the Task Force Commander at Pokhran and was responsible for designing and sinking shafts for the nuclear tests of May 1998.

Pokhran nuclear blast site 1998
The recent terrorist attack on Mumbai has once again brought the issue of the quality of Indian political leadership in focus. Nearly 200 people lost their lives and left the nation humiliated.

Yet, the Home Minister of the state, the man responsible for security, had the audacity to term it as a small incident. When people came out in the streets to give vent to their despair, the leader of a national party lampooned them and passed crude remarks.
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