P. Chidambaram

Former finance minister and senior Congress member P. Chidambaram on Friday reacted to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks on India's 1991 economic reforms.

P Chidambaram struck a defiant note at his first press conference since walking out of Delhi's Tihar Jail late Wednesday evening, saying "my neck is stronger, my spine is stronger, my head is stronger after sleeping on a wooden board (in jail)"

P Chidambaram, addressing his first press conference after being released from jail on bail, didn't waste time in taking on the government on the state of the economy and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been "unusually silent" on the slump.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday alleged that the INX Media case is "political vendetta" and the investigation agency is "acting on the behest of the Centre".

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision over population explosion, eliminating single use plastic and respecting wealth creators.

Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram was on Thursday questioned for over six hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the INX media case.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expressed concern on Wednesday on reports that the government had invoked a hitherto unused section of the RBI Act to direct the central bank to act at its bidding, saying it shows that the government is "desperate" and "hiding facts" about the economy.

Targeting the Narendra Modi government, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that people will have to pay a "heavy price" for the government's "follies".

After the government announced a Rs 2.50 per litre price cut on petrol and diesel, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday described it as "tokenism" saying the government had belatedly realised the "unbearable burden" on people.

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday wondered how diamond merchant Mehul Choksi fled the country even though he was under police investigation since 2016, and posed questions to the Centre and Gujarat government.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government must listen to people speaking truth to power, referring to observations made by economists Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian.

"Don't worry, I am there," former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told his son Karti when he saw him in the CBI court where he was brought for extension of custody on Thursday in the INX Media alleged bribery case.

Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday attacked the Modi government's Kashmir policy, saying its "hard, muscular, militaristic" approach had failed to end terrorism in the troubled state.

The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may allow Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, to go abroad for four or five days as it studied documents submitted by the CBI to oppose his application.

Taking a potshot at the government over demonetisation, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said another Rs 50,000 crore should be added to the cost of the note ban exercise that was undertaken last year.

Former finance minister and senior Congress member P. Chidambaram on Friday reacted to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks on India's 1991 economic reforms.

P Chidambaram struck a defiant note at his first press conference since walking out of Delhi's Tihar Jail late Wednesday evening, saying "my neck is stronger, my spine is stronger, my head is stronger after sleeping on a wooden board (in jail)"

P Chidambaram, addressing his first press conference after being released from jail on bail, didn't waste time in taking on the government on the state of the economy and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been "unusually silent" on the slump.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday alleged that the INX Media case is "political vendetta" and the investigation agency is "acting on the behest of the Centre".

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision over population explosion, eliminating single use plastic and respecting wealth creators.

Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram was on Thursday questioned for over six hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the INX media case.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expressed concern on Wednesday on reports that the government had invoked a hitherto unused section of the RBI Act to direct the central bank to act at its bidding, saying it shows that the government is "desperate" and "hiding facts" about the economy.

Targeting the Narendra Modi government, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that people will have to pay a "heavy price" for the government's "follies".

After the government announced a Rs 2.50 per litre price cut on petrol and diesel, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday described it as "tokenism" saying the government had belatedly realised the "unbearable burden" on people.

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday wondered how diamond merchant Mehul Choksi fled the country even though he was under police investigation since 2016, and posed questions to the Centre and Gujarat government.

Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government must listen to people speaking truth to power, referring to observations made by economists Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian.

"Don't worry, I am there," former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told his son Karti when he saw him in the CBI court where he was brought for extension of custody on Thursday in the INX Media alleged bribery case.

Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday attacked the Modi government's Kashmir policy, saying its "hard, muscular, militaristic" approach had failed to end terrorism in the troubled state.

The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may allow Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, to go abroad for four or five days as it studied documents submitted by the CBI to oppose his application.

Taking a potshot at the government over demonetisation, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said another Rs 50,000 crore should be added to the cost of the note ban exercise that was undertaken last year.