Chidambaram, who along with party colleagues participated in a protest march as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED, said three big, burly policemen crashed into him and he was lucky to get away with a "suspected hairline crack".
Chidambaram also said every effort should be made and will be made to forge unity among the Opposition parties in the upcoming presidential polls.
Apart from the three Congress leaders including Vivek Tankha (Madhya Pradesh), P Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and Jairam Ramesh (Karnataka), the remaining candidates have not been given tickets from their home states for Rajya Sabha elections.
Amid the blame-game between the Centre and Opposition over the intention of reducing the fuel prices, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman put some facts before the people saying criticism/appraisal can benefit from having them before us.
Petrol price on Sunday was slashed by Rs 8.69 a litre and that of diesel by Rs 7.05 per litre following the government's decision to cut excise duty on auto fuels, giving relief to consumers battered by high fuel prices that had pushed inflation to a record high.
Sources say Sibal may get the support of Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh like the last time. He may get the excess votes of SP and its allies.
The former Union minister also said the "timing of the search is interesting". In a statement, Chidambaram said this morning, a CBI team searched his residence in Chennai and his official residence.
The maximum number of seats fall in Uttar Pradesh i.e 11, and followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 6 seats each.
Reacting to his remarks, Chidambaram said the Law Minister of India has no authority to draw any "arbitrary Lakshman Rekha" and should read Article 13 of the Constitution.
P Chidambaram was present in the Calcutta high court in connection with a legal matter. The protesting lawyers shouted slogans and showed black robes to him.
Various states continued to reel under power shortages on Apr 29 with soaring mercury pushing the demand higher, as opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortages at thermal plants.
“We are confident that the people of Goa have given us a clear, simple majority. I am more confident today than I was, say last week because I have spoken to every candidate,” said Chidambaram.
Chidambaram appealed to Goans to cast their votes for growth, jobs and security in the union territory. He also promised the people to cancel the coal hub project once the Congress government is formed.
Chidambaram claimed that today's speech by Sitharaman was the 'most capitalist' speech made by any finance minister.
The Congress is facing a tough battle in Goa while trying to be ahead of the BJP as the Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are spoiling the grand old party's game in the state.
Chidambaram said there is a strong and intense "anti-BJP, anti-incumbency wind" blowing in Goa, and the Congress would appeal to the electorate that Goa should be ruled by Goans.
The TMC, however, asserted that such a cash transfer was "perfectly doable". The Mamata Banerjee-led party also targeted a senior state Congress leader in connection with an alleged scam and said "moral science comes before maths".
The three farm laws that were passed last year around the same time have been a cause of widespread agitation with a consortium of farmers staging a protest, especially in northwest India and at Delhi's doorsteps and earlier within the national capital too, demanding the government to repeal it.
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.
Chidambaram, who is the Congress' senior election observer for the assembly polls next year, asserted that the Trinamool Congress' entry into Goa "appears to be an imposition from the top that is based in West Bengal" and said he does not know the Mamata Banerjee-led party's motive in trying to start a unit in Goa by "encouraging defections" from other parties.
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