P Chidambaram
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10 years of UPA rule saw best decadal growth, claims P Chidambaram
National | Feb 24, 2018, 05:13 PM ISTChidambaram, who served as the finance and home minister in the UPA government, wrote on Twitter, "For participants in the Global Business Summit: best decadal growth was under the UPA government between 2004 and 2014."
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Government economists critical of budget provisions: P Chidambaram
National | Feb 13, 2018, 07:27 PM ISTP Chidambaram said that every economist of the government is speaking against the Union Budget provisions.
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Centre a terrible patient, unwilling to listen to good doctor: P Chidambaram
National | Feb 10, 2018, 05:42 PM ISTAlleging that the country's economy was limping under the NDA rule, he said the government would contribute a new word to the Oxford English dictionary -- "jumla" (gimmick).
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Economy was in terrible hands under UPA: Arun Jaitley takes a jibe at his predecessor P Chidambaram
National | Feb 09, 2018, 11:52 PM ISTIndian economy under the BJP rule since 2014 has covered the journey from policy paralysis to structural reforms which have taken out the economy from being in fragile five to being a bright spot, Jaitley said.
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Modi govt's economic policy a ‘betrayal’, says P Chidambaram
National | Feb 08, 2018, 08:36 PM ISTP Chidambaram witnessed continuous ruckus and sloganeering by ruling BJP members who sought an apology from Congress for such disruptions during the PM's speech in Lok Sabha yesterday.
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CBI probing how Aircel-Maxis draft report reached Chidambaram: Report
India | Feb 08, 2018, 04:11 PM ISTSources in the ED said the document was seized by the sleuths of the agency on January 13 from the Jor Bagh premises of the Chidambaram family.
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'Selling pakodas better than begging': Amit Shah attacks Congress in maiden Rajya Sabha speech
National | Feb 05, 2018, 07:14 PM IST"Today if a person is earning livelihood by selling pakodas, tomorrow his son would become a big industrialist. A tea vendor's son became the Prime Minister of this country," Shah said.
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P Chidambaram should not be taken seriously: JP Nadda takes a dig at Congress leader’s ‘big jumla’ remark
National | Feb 02, 2018, 10:40 PM ISTJP Nadda said the government will pay for the "premium for the NHPS with state's share. Rs 2,000 crore has been kept for it as of now".
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India Union Budget 2018: Congress terms Budget defeatist, a big letdown
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 06:34 PM ISTThe budget proposals should have been "bold and radical", senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said.
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India Union Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley fails fiscal consolidation test, says P Chidambaram
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 03:24 PM ISTPresenting the Budget, FM Jaitley said that the fiscal deficit will overshoot to 3.5 per cent from the earlier estimate of 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal, ending March 31.
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P Chidambaram slams govt for distorting debate on employment
National | Jan 29, 2018, 11:57 AM ISTChidambaram's remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to a news channel last week said that his government has been successful in the promise to boost job creation through various schemes.
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Enforcement Directorate grills Karti Chidambaram for 11 hours in INX Media PMLA case
India | Jan 18, 2018, 11:27 PM ISTKarti Chidambaram, the son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, today appeared before the ED in connection with its probe into the INX Media money laundering case.
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ED conducts raids at Karti's premises in Delhi, Chennai; Chidambaram says they found nothing
India | Jan 13, 2018, 01:44 PM ISTThe agency had on Thursday issued fresh summons to Karti after he skipped his appearance before it in connection with the money laundering probe.
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Chidambaram questions Aadhaar’s virtual ID, says it's like locking stable after horses have bolted
National | Jan 11, 2018, 06:34 PM IST"Under compulsion, millions of persons have already shared Aadhaar number with many service providers. New security layer is like locking the stable after horses have bolted," Chidambaram said in a tweet.
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Congress slams government for economic slowdown, lack of jobs
India | Jan 06, 2018, 10:38 PM ISTIn a statement a day after estimates that GDP would be 6.5 per cent in 2017-18, party leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the government's tall claims of India growing at a "robust" growth rate have evaporated in thin air.
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BJP under Narendra Modi’s leadership not unbeatable, says P Chidambaram
National | Dec 24, 2017, 01:44 PM IST"Delhi and Bihar were not flashes in the pan or flukes. A strong narrative and a carefully-crafted strategy can defeat the BJP."
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Congress will build alternative narrative based on fairness: Chidambaram
National | Dec 17, 2017, 07:54 PM ISTIn a series of tweets, Chidambaram said Rahul Gandhi's inaugural speech on Saturday laid down the contours of an alternative narrative that the Congress will put forward before the people.
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Gujarat polls: Chidambaram raps EC for issuing Rahul Gandhi show cause notice over media interviews
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 14, 2017, 06:39 PM ISTIn a series of tweets, Chidambaram accused the poll panel of sleeping on the job and also asked people in Gujarat to exercise their franchise and “change” the BJP government in the state.
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Kurukshetra: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram seen with Taliban leader
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Gujarat polls: BJP's campaign 'beyond bizarre', says P Chidambaram
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 11, 2017, 07:08 PM ISTPM Modi had said in Palanpur that the dinner at Aiyar's house was attended by Pakistan's high commissioner, Pakistan's former foreign minister, Hamid Ansari and Manmohan Singh.