Noting that at least five banks have waived the minimum balance requirement after customers "hit back" by looking beyond banks at other avenues to place their savings, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said "what reason could not do, economics has achieved".
Highlighting that profit must be shared among promoters, shareholders, labour, government, consumers, society and other stakeholders, Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram stated on Sunday that consumers are exploited in several sectors, including air travel, insurance, and pharmaceutical
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that while the rise in India's per capita income under the BJP-led NDA government is "broadly correct," the rate of growth was higher during the tenure of the Congress-led UPA government.
Calling the INDIA bloc "a group of corrupt leaders," Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday said that the people have "lost faith" in the alliance and have "rejected" the INDIA bloc.
Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday reacted to Congress leader P Chidambaram's remarks on INDIA alliance and said that the people had decided that the group of opposition parties is not a coalition but "an opportunistic alliance" that has no policy to work for the country.
After Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed doubts about the INDIA bloc, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday said that there is a "kushti-dosti" model in the INDIA bloc, adding that the alliance was formed only for "selfishness."
BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh on Friday said that Congress leader P Chidambaram was expressing the truth of the situation when he said that the future of the INDIA bloc is not so bright.
After Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed doubts about the INDIA bloc, Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday called the opposition alliance a "motley collection of parties" and that they came together only because of their "love for corruption."
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed doubts about the future of the INDIA bloc, saying that it is frayed at the seams. However, he added that the bloc could still be saved with time.
Congress leader P Chidambaram complimented the Union Government over the successful extradition of terror accused Tahawwur Rana and said that the process gathered pace during the UPA government regime.
Congress leader P Chidambaram, who fainted due to heat at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, informed that all his tests are normal and he is perfectly well now. He had suffered dehydration due to extreme heat.