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Bal Thackeray hospitalized
Shahid Raza Burney Arab News
MUMBAI: A seriously ill 82-year-old Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was rushed to Leelavati Hospital, after he complained of breathlessness on Monday.
Several clinical tests are being conducted prior to Thackeray’s angioplasty for the second time. This is Sena supremo’s second visit to hospital in less than a month. According to Sena sources, Thackeray was feeling restlessness since Sunday morning.
His son and Sena’s Working President Uddhav Thackeray who was abroad, rushed back to Mumbai late Sunday to look after his father. Earlier, doctors contacted Uddhav, who was in the United States, and took consent for his father’s operation.
The president of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Raj Thackeray, the estranged nephew, visited his uncle at the hospital this afternoon, and inquired about his health.
In another development senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the state and politicians have not taken kindly to the comments of state Home Minister Jayant Patil in Mumbai on Sunday that former state Director General of Police (DGP) A.N. Roy, may return back to his post after the incumbent DGP S.S. Virk retires on July 31.
There is hostility to Roy’s return, as he was removed after a Mumbai High Court order in March, which termed his appointment illegal superseding three senior officers.
Roy also came in for sharp criticism with the opposition leaders demanding his sacking for his failure in handling the Mumbai terror attacks last November while he was in the state DGP seat. Opposition leaders Ramdas Kadam of Shiv Sena and Gopinath Munde of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised questions in the assembly as to why Roy was not being sacked, when the then-Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and the the-Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil, taking responsibility of their failure in the terror attacks had resigned. Seeing him back in the post, would snowball into a major controversy, said a Congress leader.
A senior IPS officer told “Arab News” that it would be nice for Roy himself to return to the post after being humiliated and shunted out to a secondary post of the DGP (Police Housing)which was a demotion. Moreover, Roy is unlucky that three major incidents took place during his tenure - the first, the Mumbai train bombings, then the communal riots in Dhule and lastly the Mumbai terror attacks. In all the three he had been a failure,” he said.
According to another officer, it would not be surprising if former Mumbai police commissioner now promoted as DGP, Hassan Gafoor, emerges as a dark horse and spoils Roy’s chances to head the state police one again.
There is a strong possibility that while Roy who is the favorite of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party holds the home portfolio, Gafoor, who is a favorite of the Congress, may pip Roy to the post. A big majority of IPS officers in the state are in favor of Gafoor being made the next DGP.
Virk and another DGP (Anti-Corruption) V.D. Virkar are retiring this month, therefore according to the seniority list, Roy becomes the senior-most officer to compete for the top post again.
Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Patil hinted that Roy may be back to the key post. Roy was first appointed as DGP (Police Housing) on March 1, 2008. He was then moved as state DGP on February 2009.
After being removed as the DGP by the Mumbai High Court on March 1, 2009, he was moved and made the DGP (Police Housing) again. But Roy went on leave and never joined his new posting and is still on leave. As all his seniors are on verge of retirement, the decks are clear for Roy. But will or will not Roy be in the saddle again in a hostile atmosphere or will it be the Congress which will play a master stroke to unsaddle him and put Gafoor in the saddle, is a matter that is being discussed in police and political circles.
Bal Thackeray hospitalized
Shahid Raza Burney Arab News
MUMBAI: A seriously ill 82-year-old Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was rushed to Leelavati Hospital, after he complained of breathlessness on Monday.
Several clinical tests are being conducted prior to Thackeray’s angioplasty for the second time. This is Sena supremo’s second visit to hospital in less than a month. According to Sena sources, Thackeray was feeling restlessness since Sunday morning.
His son and Sena’s Working President Uddhav Thackeray who was abroad, rushed back to Mumbai late Sunday to look after his father. Earlier, doctors contacted Uddhav, who was in the United States, and took consent for his father’s operation.
The president of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Raj Thackeray, the estranged nephew, visited his uncle at the hospital this afternoon, and inquired about his health.
In another development senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the state and politicians have not taken kindly to the comments of state Home Minister Jayant Patil in Mumbai on Sunday that former state Director General of Police (DGP) A.N. Roy, may return back to his post after the incumbent DGP S.S. Virk retires on July 31.
There is hostility to Roy’s return, as he was removed after a Mumbai High Court order in March, which termed his appointment illegal superseding three senior officers.
Roy also came in for sharp criticism with the opposition leaders demanding his sacking for his failure in handling the Mumbai terror attacks last November while he was in the state DGP seat. Opposition leaders Ramdas Kadam of Shiv Sena and Gopinath Munde of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised questions in the assembly as to why Roy was not being sacked, when the then-Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and the the-Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil, taking responsibility of their failure in the terror attacks had resigned. Seeing him back in the post, would snowball into a major controversy, said a Congress leader.
A senior IPS officer told “Arab News” that it would be nice for Roy himself to return to the post after being humiliated and shunted out to a secondary post of the DGP (Police Housing)which was a demotion. Moreover, Roy is unlucky that three major incidents took place during his tenure - the first, the Mumbai train bombings, then the communal riots in Dhule and lastly the Mumbai terror attacks. In all the three he had been a failure,” he said.
According to another officer, it would not be surprising if former Mumbai police commissioner now promoted as DGP, Hassan Gafoor, emerges as a dark horse and spoils Roy’s chances to head the state police one again.
There is a strong possibility that while Roy who is the favorite of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party holds the home portfolio, Gafoor, who is a favorite of the Congress, may pip Roy to the post. A big majority of IPS officers in the state are in favor of Gafoor being made the next DGP.
Virk and another DGP (Anti-Corruption) V.D. Virkar are retiring this month, therefore according to the seniority list, Roy becomes the senior-most officer to compete for the top post again.
Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Patil hinted that Roy may be back to the key post. Roy was first appointed as DGP (Police Housing) on March 1, 2008. He was then moved as state DGP on February 2009.
After being removed as the DGP by the Mumbai High Court on March 1, 2009, he was moved and made the DGP (Police Housing) again. But Roy went on leave and never joined his new posting and is still on leave. As all his seniors are on verge of retirement, the decks are clear for Roy. But will or will not Roy be in the saddle again in a hostile atmosphere or will it be the Congress which will play a master stroke to unsaddle him and put Gafoor in the saddle, is a matter that is being discussed in police and political circles.
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