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"Govt has 'inferiority complex' about Opposition speaking": Karti Chidamba
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Chidambaram said, "It's very unfortunate and very disappointing that Parliament has, by and large, become dysfunctional and is slowly losing its relevance as well because it's not serving the purpose it was intended to serve."
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"Now it's so much simpler, just choose persons from poll-bound states": Ka
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Chidambaram stated that the government had made the process of selecting Padma Awardees easier by prioritising individuals from states where elections are due. He contrasted this with the proposed "One Nation, One Election" model, suggesting that such a system would have complicated the a
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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Department of Telecommunications' directive to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all new mobile handsets, calling it "Orwellian" and warning that the government will now "pry into the private lives of every citizen" and is "replicat
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"Behave, or else..." Chidambaram slams Centre after I-T survey at BBC offi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress MP and former Union minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked the Centre after the Income Tax department "surveyed" the offices of British public broadcaster BBC, saying the government has redefined press freedom as per its convenience.
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Chidambaram claims 'complete breakdown of trust between Centre, states ove
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 14 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday claimed that there is a "complete breakdown of trust" between the Centre and the states, including those ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Chidambaram slams Union Budget, says Nirmala Sitharaman's speech 'was most
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Union Budget saying there was "not a word" about giving relief to the tax-paying middle class or cash assistance to the very poor and the budget speech "was the most capitalist speech" ever read by a F
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Chidambaram slams Centre over Pegasus spyware issue
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Day after reports surfaced that the Centre allegedly bought Israeli spyware Pegasus in 2017, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a jibe at the Centre by saying that it is the best time to ask Israel if they have an
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Chidambaram slams Centre over vacant posts in central univ, IITs, IIMs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): A day after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha that over 10,000 teachers' posts are vacant in Central Universities, IITs and IIMs, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the central government, saying that this is
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Chidambaram slams Centre for designating Aug 14 as Partition Horrors Remem
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader on Sunday P Chidambaram slammed the Centre for designating Aug 14 as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day'.
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Chidambaram slams Centre for delay in decision taking regarding inviting o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Pointing out the Centre's delay in taking decision, former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asked who will be accountable for the avoidable infections and loss of lives due to the central government's delay to invite other
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Chidambaram slams Centre for 'failing miserably' in rolling out vaccinatio
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Centre for "failing miserably" in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination for Indians.
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Chidambaram slams Centre, says it is treating protesting farmers as enemie
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Criticising the Centre over its stand on the ongoing farmer protest, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that the reward to the farm sector for growing at 3.9 per cent in a recession year is to treat the protesting farmers as if they are enemi
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