Chidambaram
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Long live 'debate-less' parliamentary democracy: Chidambaram's dig at govt
India | Nov 30, 2021, 12:08 PM ISTThe farm bills were passed without a debate when the two sides did not agree and they were repealed without a debate when the two sides agreed, Chidambaram said.
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Laws made, unmade without prior Cabinet approval only under BJP: Chidambaram
India | Nov 20, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTThe Congress leader's attack came a day after Modi in an address to the nation announced the repeal of the three agri laws that had triggered a year of protests by farmers.
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P Chidambaram predicts reason behind fuel price cut. Here is what Dharmendra Pradhan has to say
India | Nov 04, 2021, 06:21 PM ISTThe government on Wednesday cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by a record Rs 5 and Rs 10 per liter to help bring down rates down from their highest-ever levels.
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Centre should celebrate centenaries in fuel prices: P Chidambaram jibe at Centre
India | Oct 25, 2021, 11:49 AM ISTPetrol and diesel prices witnessed a hike for the fifth consecutive day across the country on Sunday.
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'Hurt and helpless': P Chidambaram reacts to Congress protests outside Kapil Sibal's residence
India | Sep 30, 2021, 09:50 PM IST"I feel helpless when we cannot start meaningful conversations within party forums. I also feel hurt and helpless when I see pictures of Congress workers raising slogans outside the residence of a colleague and MP. The safe harbour to which one can withdraw seems to be silence," Congress leader P Chidambaram wrote on Twitter.
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Parliament ruckus: Chair wasn't neutral, govt tried to pass Bills by stealth, says Chidambaram
India | Aug 13, 2021, 07:12 PM ISTSenior Congress Leader Chidambaram also questioned the absence of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah from debates during the session and alleged that the "two-man army" BJP government has "scant respect" for Parliament and if the "two gentlemen have their way, they will lock down Parliament".
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P Chidambaram takes dig at government over fuel prices
India | Aug 05, 2021, 01:35 PM ISTChidambaram also asked if prices had not changed as all chiefs of oil marketing companies were in quarantine until Aug 15 or all those reasons were responsible for it.
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Chidambaram attacks govt over Pegasus, asks whether it will give up 'ostrich-like attitude'
India | Jul 30, 2021, 06:57 PM ISTAttacking the government, Chidambaram said another case of misuse of Pegasus spyware has been revealed now with France's national cybersecurity agency confirming that Pegasus spyware was infiltrated into phones belonging to two journalists of Mediapart, an investigative journal in France.
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Govt not seeking information on snooping as it was aware: Chidambaram
India | Jul 26, 2021, 11:45 AM ISTOn Friday, former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on described Pegasus as a weapon and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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PM must clarify whether snooping was done: Chidambaram on Pegasus Spying Row
India | Jul 25, 2021, 04:13 PM ISTThe former home minister said he was not sure that one can go to the extent of saying that the entire electoral mandate of 2019 was vitiated by the "unlawful snooping" but added that it may have "helped" the BJP to score that victory which has been "tainted" by the allegations.
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Congress leader Kamal Nath arrives at 10, Janpath to meet Sonia Gandhi
News | Jul 15, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTSources revealed that former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath is the frontrunner to be the next Congress president.
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Chidambaram slams govt for insisting on polls in J-K before granting statehood
India | Jun 25, 2021, 02:50 PM ISTNearly two years after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two UTs and revocation of its special status, PM Modi on Thursday held talks with top political leaders
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Punjab govt shouldn't have given vaccines to private hospitals: Chidambaram
News | Jun 08, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram claimed Punjab Government on impertinent vaccination drive.
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Punjab govt shouldn't have sold COVID vaccines to private hospitals: Chidambaram
India | Jun 08, 2021, 09:31 AM ISTThe Prime Minister said the Centre will procure 75 per cent of the total production of the vaccine doses and provide them free to the states. No state government would be spending anything on vaccines.
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GST was notified with horrendous rates of tax: Chidambaram slams Centre
India | Jun 02, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTIn a statement on Wednesday, Chidambaram said, "GST started as a good idea, BJP converted it into a bad law. It was notified with horrendous rates of tax."
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BJP's true face exposed on CAA in Bengal: Chidambaram
India | Mar 22, 2021, 02:55 PM ISTFormer Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that it has shown its real face in the West Bengal manifesto.
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Has China constructed village in Arunachal? Cong latches onto BJP MP's 'allegation' to corner govt
India | Jan 19, 2021, 08:56 AM ISTBJP MP Tapir Gao has claimed that China has built a 100-house village in the "disputed area" deep into the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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'Choose hope over fear, truth over lies': Chidambaram invokes Biden in appeal to Bihar voters
National | Oct 19, 2020, 08:50 AM ISTInvoking US democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday asked voters in Bihar to "choose hope over fear and truth over lies."
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Farmers need many thousand markets, not one: Chidambaram
India | Sep 22, 2020, 12:20 PM ISTTaking a jibe at the advertisement released by the Centre defending the Farm Bills, former Finance Minister P.Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the farmers need many thousand markets all over the country and not just one.
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INX Media case: Supreme Court dismisses CBI's challenge to Chidambaram's bail
India | Jun 04, 2020, 08:31 PM ISTSupreme Court on Thursday dismissed CBI's review petition challenging former Union Minister P. Chidambaram's bail in INX Media case.