Chidambaram tweeted, "I did not agree with most of what George Soros had said in the past and I do not agree with most of what he says now. But to label his remarks as an "attempt to topple the democratically elected government in India" is a puerile statement."
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.
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday took a jibe at the Budget 2023 presented by the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP)-led central government and said that growth will not be 7 per cent this year as claimed by the government.
Congress leader P Chidambaram in a tweet thread on Sunday alleged that Sharjeel Imam and 10 others were made "scapegoats" in Jamia Millia Islamia violence in 2019 during the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest.
Through his tweets, he addressed the issue of pre-trial incarceration and al
"Kerala FM's arithmetic is a Faustian bargain, moral principles for gaining wealth, the FM of Kerala imposed additional taxes to raise over Rs 2000 crore and he will spend Rs 2000 crore to "tackle inflation"!"
These properties were owned by Saradha Group and others -- Nalini Chidambaram, Debabrata Sarkar, former IPS and former MLA CPM Debendranath Biswas -- and properties of Anubhuti Printers and Publications owned by late Anjan Dutta, former Minister in Assam.
He said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman demonstrated how far removed the government is from the people and their concerns about life, livelihood and the growing inequality between the rich and the poor.
Opposition parties slammed the Union Budget 2023, the last full-fledged Budget of the Modi government in its second term, and said that the Budget offers no solution to address the rampant unemployment, rising inflation as well as the growing inequality between the rich and the poor.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared five major announcements in the new tax regime including an increase in the income tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh stating that the new tax regime will now be the default tax regime.
The Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday called out Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar for peddling lies against him and his fellow colleague and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Twitter.
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed to hear the appeals against the anticipatory bail granted to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram on daily basis from April 13.