NewsX@9: Power Min Shinde promoted to HM in midst of electricity crisis

NewsX@9 is a NewsX special show which debates the main news event of the day. India's power minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, was promoted to the post of home minister on Tuesday, while the country is in the midst of an electricity crisis that has left 600 million without power. Shinde will be replacing Palaniappan Chidambaram as home minister, while Chidambaram will take over the finance portfolio. The timing of Sushil Kumar Shinde's appointment as home minister is bizarre. It is like changing the captain of the Titanic as the ship is sinking. India is today facing one of its worst power crises in several decades. Nineteen states were blacked out on Tuesday, for eight of them the second day in a row. The reshuffle of portfolios had been necessitated by the exit of Pranab Mukherjee, who held the portfolio of Finance Ministry before getting elected as the President. So we debate today- Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde all set to get Home Ministry... Is this a reward for power failure? We debate the question on the show and try to evolve consensus among our panelists over the issue. Watch this NewsX special NewsX@9.

For more log onto- http://www.newsx.com