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  Long live 'debate-less' parliamentary democracy: Chidambaram's dig at govt

  India | November 30, 2021 12:08 IST

  The farm bills were passed without a debate when the two sides did not agree and they were repealed without a debate when the two sides agreed, Chidambaram said.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 | November 20, 2021 10:02 IST

  The 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 | November 04, 2021 18:21 IST

  The 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 | October 25, 2021 11:49 IST

  Petrol 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 | September 30, 2021 21:50 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 | August 13, 2021 19:12 IST

  Senior 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 | August 05, 2021 13:35 IST

  Chidambaram 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 | July 30, 2021 18:57 IST

  Attacking 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 | July 26, 2021 11:45 IST

  On 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 | July 25, 2021 16:13 IST

  The 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 | July 15, 2021 14:20 IST

  Sources 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 | June 25, 2021 14:50 IST

  Nearly 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 | June 08, 2021 16:40 IST

  Senior 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 | June 08, 2021 9:31 IST

  The 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 | June 02, 2021 11:48 IST

  In 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 | March 22, 2021 14:55 IST

  Former 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 | January 19, 2021 8:56 IST

  BJP 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 | October 19, 2020 8:50 IST

  Invoking 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 | September 22, 2020 12:20 IST

  Taking 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 | June 04, 2020 20:31 IST

  Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed CBI's review petition challenging former Union Minister P. Chidambaram's bail in INX Media case.