Now, when Shivraj Patil has been removed as home minister, his party colleagues have started analysing his failures as a minister. Many of them feel that Patil was “too soft” on the officers and never took action against them even when they failed to deliver. In fact, Shakeel Ahmed, his deputy, went to meet Patil after he resigned and asked, “Why didn’t you take action against incompetent officers?” Patil replied, “Everyone was telling me to do that. But I don’t have the habit of punishing bureaucrats.”