Maharashtra Home Minister Patil caught on camera with Dawood Ibrahim aide

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rr-patils-underworld-connections/131936-37.html

R.R. Patil here was caught on camera fraternizing with  Salim Patel - a man known to be close to infamous gangster Dawood Ibrahim and Mobin Qureshi - a suspect in the murder of a BJP MLA Prem Kumar Sharma.

Folks, this is the same man who said in the wake of the 26-11 attacks on Bombay that "in big cities, these kind of small things happen."  He was sacked after those comments but quietly reinstated after the last elections in 2009. Those were the same elections in which Bombay witnessed a poor turnout. After 26-11, many acquaintances of mine spoke about how they would hold the government to task for the lapse in security that led to the killing of 166 innocent people. Alas... the same people didn't even bother voting and now we have a government with ministers that are close to terrorists!

They say a country gets the kind of government it deserves. I couldn't agree more. Until the middle class of this city realise that they have responsibilities as citizens, we're going to have criminals in power.