
Key UPA constituent RJD was not too impressed with Shivraj Patil8217;s decision to quit as Home Minister on Sunday in the wake of Mumbai terror strikes. Stating it was a much 8220;delayed8221; move, RJD chief and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said national security is the top priority and ministership does not matter in this context. Describing Patil8217;s move, he cited a Bihari phrase 8212; ka varsha, jab krishi sukhani what is the use of rainfall when the crop has already dried up. When reporters pressed him further, he refused to say beyond what he had stated but quipped, 8220;Whatever you wanted has
happened.8221;