I was disinclined but answered to call of duty: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) "I was disinclined" to move to
the Home Ministry but in a situation like this, "I answered
to the call of duty", Union Minister P Chidambaram said Monday
on his portfolio being changed from Finance Minister to Home
Minister.

"When the Prime Minister conveyed the decision to me, I
will be less than honest if I do not say that I was
disinclined," Chidambaram told reporters here while winding up
his duties with the Finance Ministry.

"But in a situation like the one we find ourselves, the
final call is taken by the party leader, in my case the
Congress president and the Prime Minister. I therefore
answered to the call of duty," he said.

Chidambaram was appointed the Home Minister Sunday
after Shivraj Patil resigned in the wake of terror strikes in
Mumbai. PTI BKM
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