Congress leader P Chidambaram today said millions of people "suffered" and no one can deny that lives and jobs were lost due to demonetisation.
PM Modi accused Congress of "shamelessly" taking a U-turn on Kashmir issue, lending its voice for "Kashmir's azadi" and using a language spoken by Pakistan.
P Chidambaram on Sunday said that he was "imagining a ghost and attacking it" and maintained that those criticising him should first read his comments.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress over former finance minister and party leader P Chidambaram’s remarks on autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.
P Chidambaram also targeted PM Narendra Modi over "hasty" implementation of the GST, and his pet bullet train project.
Defending Chidambaram, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that J&K is an integral part of India and ‘will always remain so unquestionably’.
Referring to Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation of ailing PSU banks, Chidambaram asked “why was the process of bank recapitalisation needed if the govt believes the economy is strong”.
P Chidambaram said that the NDA government's Kashmir policy was "misguided" and that had deteriorated the situation in the state.
Ahmed Patel had rejected the charge as "completely baseless" and urged the BJP not to politicise matters pertaining to national security and divide the peace-loving Gujaratis.
The Centre has appointed former Intelligence Bureau Director Dineshwar Sharma as its interlocutor with a mandate to talk to "anyone he wants to".
'All my assets are lawfully acquired and are disclosed in all my statutory filings,' Karti told the top court in an affidavit filed on Monday.
The CBI is investigating how Karti allegedly managed to get a clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal when his father was the Finance Minister in 2006.
P Chidambaram comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22 lives.
Karti Chidambaram was called by the CBI on Thursday for questioning in connection with the foreign investment clearance given in the Aircel-Maxis deal of 2006 when his father was the Finance Minister.
CBI had called Karti for questioning in connection with foreign investment clearance given in 2006 in Aircel Maxis deal when his father P Chidambaram was Finance Minister.
The agency agreed to produce an interrogation report of Karti Chidambaram before the Supreme Court on September 11, the next date of hearing in this case.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram asked the government if demonetisation was a "scheme to convert black money into white"
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