P Chidambaram
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'Union Budget 2026 failed test of economic strategy, government discarded Economic Survey': Congress
India | Feb 01, 2026, 05:41 PM ISTSpeaking at a press conference at AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress leader P Chidambaram said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech and the Union Budget 2026 have failed the test of economic strategy and economic statesmanship.
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Operation Blue Star was a 'mistake'; Indira Gandhi paid with her life: P Chidambaram
India | Oct 12, 2025, 12:38 PM ISTP Chidambaram made the remarks while speaking at a discussion on 'They Will Shoot You, Madam', a book by journalist Harinder Baweja, at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli.
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Congress should tell who stopped retaliation after 26/11 attack: PM Modi on Chidambaram's remarks
India | Oct 08, 2025, 11:43 PM ISTPM Modi urged the Congress to reveal who halted India’s planned military response following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Modi referred to a statement by a senior Congress leader and former Home Minister, who alleged that foreign intervention had stopped India from retaliating against Pakistan.
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BJP responds to P Chidambaram's remark on INDIA bloc: 'Congress too has no future'
India | May 16, 2025, 01:41 PM ISTThe former Union finance minister warned that the INDIA bloc was fighting against a "formidable machinery", which must be fought on all fronts.
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Manipur Congress seeks action against P Chidambaram over his 'regional autonomy' X post
Manipur | Nov 21, 2024, 12:04 AM ISTManipur crisis: Manipur Congress leaders, in a letter written to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, said, P Chidambaram's language and sentiments expressed were highly inappropriate given the current climate of heightened tensions in the state.
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P Chidambaram's suggestion ahead of gov formation in Jammu and Kashmir: 'First action should be...'
India | Oct 14, 2024, 09:04 AM ISTThe National Conference-Congress alliance won the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 and is set to form the government in the Union Territory (UT).
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'Indira Gandhi accepted that Emergency was mistake, BJP must forget past': P Chidambaram
India | Jul 14, 2024, 04:36 PM ISTChidambaram asked what's the point of debating over the rights and wrongs of the emergency 50 years later, while stressing that lessons have been learned from the past.
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'Will repeal, amend laws, CAA top of the list': P Chidambaram if I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power
India | Apr 21, 2024, 02:37 PM ISTCongress is part of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc which is taking on the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Polling in parliamentary elections are taking place in seven phases.
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'Mouthpiece of BJP': Chidambaram attacks S Jaishankar on Katchatheevu island row
India | Apr 01, 2024, 10:04 PM ISTThe attack came after External Affairs Minister Jaishankar reaffirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusations against the Congress regarding the island dispute.
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Indian economy in 'severe distress' but so-called BJP 'doctors' don't care: P Chidambaram
India | Mar 29, 2024, 10:07 AM ISTP Chidambaram, former Union Finance Minister, criticised the BJP-led central government, asserting that the economy is experiencing severe distress. He supported his claim by highlighting a substantial decline in net foreign direct investment.
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Congress names P Chidambaram to lead manifesto committee in 2024 elections
India | Dec 23, 2023, 08:37 AM ISTThe resolution highlighted the weaknesses of the Modi government by highlighting the claims of the government in contradiction to the ground realities including the high level of polarisation.
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Cauvery row: Both Karnataka, Tamil Nadu have to act on commission's decision, says P Chidambaram
Tamil Nadu | Sep 30, 2023, 10:08 PM ISTSpeaking on the Cauvery river water release dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Congress MP P Chidambaram said that both states have to act on the Commission's decision.
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Chidambaram questions Mehbooba's 'house arrest', alleges freedom suppressed 'most severely' in J-K
India | Aug 06, 2023, 11:09 AM ISTP Chidambaram questioned the alleged house arrest of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and claimed that freedom is "most severely" suppressed in Jammu and Kashmir.
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United Opposition can challenge PM Modi in Lok Sabha polls 2024: Congress leader P Chidambaram
India | Jul 16, 2023, 07:03 PM ISTThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday made it clear that it attend the Opposition parties meeting that will be held in Bengaluru. The second edition of the opposition parties' meeting will focus on chalking out a joint strategy to take on the BJP unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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'Red carpet to exchange notes': P Chidambaram's black money dig at Centre over RBI rule
India | May 22, 2023, 04:20 PM ISTThe BJP's spin that the Rs 2000 notes are being withdrawn to unearth black money stands demolished. Ordinary people do not have Rs 2000 notes, said P Chidambaram.
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"Happy at Centre's decision...": P Chidambaram on Rs 2,000 note ban | DETAILS
India | May 21, 2023, 04:01 PM ISTP Chidambaram on Rs 2,000 note: Chidambaram said that he expected the Government of India to reintroduce the Rs 1,000 currency note in the market and added that withdrawing Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes were a grave mistake and not accepted by the people of the country.
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Jamia Millia Islamia violence case: Sharjeel Imam, others used as 'scapegoats', alleges Chidambaram
India | Feb 05, 2023, 04:43 PM ISTJamia Millia Islamia violence case: "The SC must put an end to this daily abuse of the law. The sooner the better. Bless the trial courts that push back against the abuse of the law and uphold liberty," said Chidambaram.
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Budget 2023: P Chidambaram does not know definition of 'inclusive', says Smriti Irani
Budget | Feb 01, 2023, 11:51 PM ISTBudget 2023: "People from poor section of India are friends and well wishers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a futuristic budget of developed India, " said Smriti Irani today.
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'Thank god Manmohan Singh didn't serve unpalatable food like demonetisation, GST': P Chidambaram
India | Sep 16, 2022, 09:21 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had accused then Congress government of implementing half-baked reforms where the economy was not opened in the right way but as per the strictures imposed by the IMF.
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Chidambaram slams PM Modi over G7 remarks; says 'govt continuing work of previous dispensations'
India | Jun 27, 2022, 02:33 PM ISTWhat India has achieved in the last 75 years is indeed impressive, but reaching essential services to all parts of India is always a "work in progress", Chidambaram said.