Puducherry: Calling his resignation episode a closed chapter, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said he decided to quit because the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) came under his charge but that does not mean state governments have no role in tackling the Maoists.
"The resignation was indeed tendered. The Prime Minister has rejected it. The matter is a closed chapter," he told reporters declining to talk further on the issue in Puducherry.
Chidambaram said in the horrific tragedy in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh hit the CRPF whose 74 personnel were killed. "It (CRPF) is under my charge. This tragedy has happened under my watch."
"Therefore, I said the buck stops at my desk. It does not mean that the state governments have no role. They have a role, they acknowledge it, recognise and according to me, all the state governments are fully aware of this responsibility," he said.
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