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There can be no compromise on CAA, says Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 28: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that there can be no compromise on the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act and "to introduce religion as a test of citizenship" was condemnable.
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NPR made suspect, controversial because of BJP's approach: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that National Population Register (NPR) was a non-controversial issue and has been made "suspect and controversial" because of BJP's approach.
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Detention camps were set under the Foreigners Act during UPA rule, context
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 28: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that detention camps were set up under the Foreigners Act during the UPA regime but the context was very different now.
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Nationwide protest will continue until CAA is kept in abeyance, NRC abando
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 28: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that until the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 is kept in abeyance and government states in Parliament that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is abandoned
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In 6 months, Modi govt has wrecked India's economy: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the central government and said that it has wrecked India's economy over the last six months.
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is patently unconstitutional: P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which has been passed by the Lok Sabha, is "patently unconstitutional."
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I'm shocked, ashamed: Chidambaram gets emotional over crime cases against
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday turned emotional while talking about the rising cases of crime against women in the country.
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Downgrading of GDP forecast to 5 pc for FY20 by RBI is unprecedented: Chid
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revised gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for the current financial year 2019-20 to 5 per cent from its earlier forecast of 6.1 per cent, former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that
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Central Govt incapable of bringing the country out of economic slowdown: C
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the BJP-led central government is "incapable" of bringing the country out of economic slowdown and it has since 2016, pushed millions of people below the poverty line. Read More
Chidambaram questions PM's silence over economy, calls Govt its 'incompete
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been unusually silent on the state of the economy and had left his ministers to indulge in "bluff and bluster".
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First thought, prayers were for 75 L people of Kashmir Valley: Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): A day after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was released from Tihar Jail after 106 days after he was granted bail in the INX Media probe the senior Congress leader on Thursday lashed out at the Central government and expressed concern over the "75 lakh
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Does she eat avocado? Chidambaram targets Sitharaman during Cong protest o
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Congress leaders, including former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday protested in the Parliament premises over onion prices.
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