Shivraj Patil

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Shivraj V. Patil
Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on "The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People".jpg
Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
In office
22 January 2010 –21 January 2015
Shivraj Patil in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.Seen beside him are political leaders from Maharashtra. Shri Shivraj Patil in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg
Shivraj Patil in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.Seen beside him are political leaders from Maharashtra.

First inducted in the Indira Gandhi-led government in as Minister of State for Defence (1980–82), he was given independent charge of the Commerce Ministry (1982–83), from where he was shifted to Science and Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics, Space and Ocean Development (1983–84). During 1983–86, he was vice-president of CSIR India. He also served on various committees including those on Defence, External Affairs, Finance, Salaries and Allowances of members of parliament.

In the Rajiv Gandhi government, he was Minister for Personnel, Defence production and later held independent charge of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

He has also held a number of important positions in the party ever since Sonia Gandhi took over the presidency of the party. He is largely known for introducing the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, India in 1992. He was the chairman of the manifesto committee of the party during the 1999 Lok Sabha election.

As speaker of the Lok Sabha, he had begun or contributed in initiatives on information dissemination to members of the Parliament (through computerisation and modernisation), construction of Parliament Library Building and broadcast of Lok Sabha proceedings, including live broadcast of Question Hour of both houses of the parliament.

Between 1991 and 1995, he was a member/leader of Indian parliamentary delegations to various international parliamentary conferences.

He became Home Minister in 2004. A former Lok Sabha speaker, Shivraj Patil lost in the 2004 polls from Latur in Maharashtra, but has still landed up the second most important position in the Union Cabinet—that of the Home Minister. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 2004. It is also said if not for losing the election he would have been the Prime Minister, and the reason he lost the election was due to the opponent getting sympathy vote for losing a family member who was a mass leader. His tenure as home minister was marred by one debacle after another and he faced increasing calls for his resignation, eventually forcing it due to the mishandling in the events leading up to and after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Not to be forgotten also are the 2006 Malegaon bombings, at a Muslim graveyard. [7]

United States Ambassador David Mulford in an embassy cable described his removal after the Mumbai terrorist attack as inevitable and called him "inept" and "asleep on the watch". [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Patil is accused for not sending the Central Reserve Police Force to Nandigram, even after repeated requests by the West Bengal government, to restore law and order in the area and the events resulted in police firing and killing of men and women in Nandigram.

Patil's name was considered a likely candidate in 2007 presidential election. However, after the Left opposed his candidacy, Sonia Gandhi proposed Pratibha Patil, Governor of Rajasthan, as the presidential candidate. Shivraj Patil was later considered a possible candidate for the post of Vice-President of India.

On 30 November 2008, just four days after Bombay blasts, Patil resigned from his position of Home Minister in Union Cabinet taking moral responsibility for the security lapse that led to the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Post 26/11, Shivraj Patil was made the Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator from 2010 [13] to 2015 [14]

Controversies

Shivraj Patil is referred to as Nero of India. He was reported to have been changing clothes for public appearances while the country was under a terror attack. His actions are compared to Nero who played his fiddle while the city burned as Patil focused on changing his clothes while the country was witnessing a terror attack. [15] [16] [17] He is also criticized to have omitted this episode from his autobiography. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Home Minister Shivraj Patil steps down. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 29 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Express News Service (23 January 2010). "Shivraj Patil takes oath as UT Administrator". Indian Express . Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Shivraj Patil resigns. Sify.com (30 November 2008). Retrieved on 29 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Patil, Shivraj V. (31 May 2014). ODYSSEY OF MY LIFE. ISBN   9788129134271 . Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Who is Shivraj Patil? Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine . NDTV.com. Retrieved on 29 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). interstatecouncil.nic.in
  7. ↑ Blasts kill 37 in India graveyard
  8. ↑ "'Inept' Shivraj Patil was protected by Sonia: US cables". Indian Express. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "WikiLeaks: US felt removal of Shivraj Patil was inevitable after 26/11". The Times of India . 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "See 9c of US embassy cables: Indian government heads roll after Mumbai terror attacks". The Guardian. London. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  11. ↑ "US felt removal of Shivraj Patil after 26/11 was inevitable: WikiLeaks". Daily News and Analysis . 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "Shivraj Patil spectacularly inept: David Mulford". The Economic Times. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  13. ↑ "Shivraj Patil takes oath as UT Administrator - Indian Express".
  14. ↑ "Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil retires on completion of five-year term". The Economic Times.
  15. ↑ "Patil changes shirts as capital suffers". 15 September 2008.
  16. ↑ "Shivraj Patil - Nero reborn". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Of thick hides and soft underbelly". Archived from the original on 6 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Shivraj Patil airbrushes 26/11 from his autobiography | India News - Times of India". The Times of India .
Preceded by Minister of Defence
15 January 1980 – 2 December 1989		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of Lok Sabha
1991–1996		Succeeded by
Preceded by Home Minister of India
2004–2008		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Punjab & Administrator of Chandigarh
January 2010 – January 2015		Succeeded by
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