This Article is From Apr 01, 2014

P Chidambaram suffers from selective memory: BJP hits back

New Delhi: BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at Finance Minister P Chidambaram, after the latter derided as "puerile" the list of 18 questions posted on the weekend to him by the Opposition BJP's Yashwant Sinha, who described him as a "spoiler" for the economy. (Full coverage: India Votes 2014)

Here are the highlights:

  •     UPA 1 reaped what NDA sowed. UPA 2 suffered the toxic harvest of UPA 1.
  •     Chidambaram speaking a white lie when he says only crony capitalism is with Narendra Modi.
  •     The biggest example of crony capitalism is the scam related to coal block allocation.
  •     The 2G scam is an example of Mr Chidambaram's crony capitalism.
  •     Congress and Chidambaram are biggest patrons of crony capitalism in India.
  •     Chidambaram said Yashwant Sinha is a distant memory. Mr Chidambaram, you are suffering from selective memory.
  •     BJP is relieved that at least Chidambaram has bothered to react on economy.

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