Mr.Shivraj Patil gave a brief and curt statement before the camera warding off questions from the press and the public. This is a grim situation. Hundreds have been killed. Our intelligence has failed miserably. There was no forewarning of the tragedy. Even if there was, the Central/state governments and the railways failed miserably to protect the lives of the commuters. All that a home minister could have said to the public while facing the camera would have been some consoling words and some assurance that they will take all steps to book the culprits etc. What he did was a misrable failure.
