Karti Chidambaram In Trouble Over "PM More Popular Than Rahul Gandhi" Take | Read

Senior Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, has been issued a showcause notice by the party over his alleged comments on Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi is "more popular than Rahul Gandhi," Karti Chidambaram had apparently said in an interview with Thanthi TV. In the same interview, he had also expressed faith in Electronic Voting Machines -- an issue over which the Congress is in a tussle with the Election Commission.

The Congress has been actively opposing the use of EVMs, citing concerns about their reliability. Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh has recently written to the Election Commission again, flagging the issue.