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  'Union Budget 2026 failed test of economic strategy, government discarded Economic Survey': Congress

  India | February 01, 2026 17:41 IST

  Speaking at a press conference at AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress leader P Chidambaram said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech and the Union Budget 2026 have failed the test of economic strategy and economic statesmanship.

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  Operation Blue Star was a 'mistake'; Indira Gandhi paid with her life: P Chidambaram

  India | October 12, 2025 12:38 IST

  P Chidambaram made the remarks while speaking at a discussion on 'They Will Shoot You, Madam', a book by journalist Harinder Baweja, at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli.

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  Congress should tell who stopped retaliation after 26/11 attack: PM Modi on Chidambaram's remarks

  India | October 08, 2025 23:43 IST

  PM Modi urged the Congress to reveal who halted India’s planned military response following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Modi referred to a statement by a senior Congress leader and former Home Minister, who alleged that foreign intervention had stopped India from retaliating against Pakistan.

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  BJP responds to P Chidambaram's remark on INDIA bloc: 'Congress too has no future'

  India | May 16, 2025 13:41 IST

  The former Union finance minister warned that the INDIA bloc was fighting against a "formidable machinery", which must be fought on all fronts.

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  Manipur Congress seeks action against P Chidambaram over his 'regional autonomy' X post

  Manipur | November 21, 2024 0:04 IST

  Manipur crisis: Manipur Congress leaders, in a letter written to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, said, P Chidambaram's language and sentiments expressed were highly inappropriate given the current climate of heightened tensions in the state.

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  P Chidambaram's suggestion ahead of gov formation in Jammu and Kashmir: 'First action should be...'

  India | October 14, 2024 9:04 IST

  The National Conference-Congress alliance won the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 and is set to form the government in the Union Territory (UT).

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  'Indira Gandhi accepted that Emergency was mistake, BJP must forget past': P Chidambaram

  India | July 14, 2024 16:36 IST

  Chidambaram asked what's the point of debating over the rights and wrongs of the emergency 50 years later, while stressing that lessons have been learned from the past.

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  'Will repeal, amend laws, CAA top of the list': P Chidambaram if I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power

  India | April 21, 2024 14:37 IST

  Congress is part of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc which is taking on the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Polling in parliamentary elections are taking place in seven phases.

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  'Mouthpiece of BJP': Chidambaram attacks S Jaishankar on Katchatheevu island row

  India | April 01, 2024 22:04 IST

  The attack came after External Affairs Minister Jaishankar reaffirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusations against the Congress regarding the island dispute.

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  Indian economy in 'severe distress' but so-called BJP 'doctors' don't care: P Chidambaram

  India | March 29, 2024 10:07 IST

  P Chidambaram, former Union Finance Minister, criticised the BJP-led central government, asserting that the economy is experiencing severe distress. He supported his claim by highlighting a substantial decline in net foreign direct investment.

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  Congress names P Chidambaram to lead manifesto committee in 2024 elections

  India | December 23, 2023 8:37 IST

  The resolution highlighted the weaknesses of the Modi government by highlighting the claims of the government in contradiction to the ground realities including the high level of polarisation.

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  Cauvery row: Both Karnataka, Tamil Nadu have to act on commission's decision, says P Chidambaram

  September 30, 2023 22:08 IST

  Speaking on the Cauvery river water release dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Congress MP P Chidambaram said that both states have to act on the Commission's decision.

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  ​Chidambaram questions Mehbooba's 'house arrest', alleges freedom suppressed 'most severely' in J-K

  India | August 06, 2023 11:09 IST

  P Chidambaram questioned the alleged house arrest of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and claimed that freedom is "most severely" suppressed in Jammu and Kashmir.

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  United Opposition can challenge PM Modi in Lok Sabha polls 2024: Congress leader P Chidambaram

  India | July 16, 2023 19:03 IST

  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday made it clear that it attend the Opposition parties meeting that will be held in Bengaluru. The second edition of the opposition parties' meeting will focus on chalking out a joint strategy to take on the BJP unitedly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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  'Red carpet to exchange notes': P Chidambaram's black money dig at Centre over RBI rule

  India | May 22, 2023 16:20 IST

  The BJP's spin that the Rs 2000 notes are being withdrawn to unearth black money stands demolished. Ordinary people do not have Rs 2000 notes, said P Chidambaram.

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  "Happy at Centre's decision...": P Chidambaram on Rs 2,000 note ban | DETAILS

  India | May 21, 2023 16:01 IST

  P Chidambaram on Rs 2,000 note: Chidambaram said that he expected the Government of India to reintroduce the Rs 1,000 currency note in the market and added that withdrawing Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes were a grave mistake and not accepted by the people of the country.

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  Jamia Millia Islamia violence case: Sharjeel Imam, others used as 'scapegoats', alleges Chidambaram

  India | February 05, 2023 16:43 IST

  Jamia Millia Islamia violence case: "The SC must put an end to this daily abuse of the law. The sooner the better. Bless the trial courts that push back against the abuse of the law and uphold liberty," said Chidambaram.

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  Budget 2023: P Chidambaram does not know definition of 'inclusive', says Smriti Irani

  Budget | February 01, 2023 23:51 IST

  Budget 2023: "People from poor section of India are friends and well wishers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a futuristic budget of developed India, " said Smriti Irani today.

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  'Thank god Manmohan Singh didn't serve unpalatable food like demonetisation, GST': P Chidambaram

  India | September 16, 2022 21:21 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had accused then Congress government of implementing half-baked reforms where the economy was not opened in the right way but as per the strictures imposed by the IMF.

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  Chidambaram slams PM Modi over G7 remarks; says 'govt continuing work of previous dispensations'

  India | June 27, 2022 14:33 IST

  What India has achieved in the last 75 years is indeed impressive, but reaching essential services to all parts of India is always a "work in progress", Chidambaram said.