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Chidambaram says bullet train like demonetisation, will kill everything in
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 30 (ANI): Congress leader and former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said the bullet train will be like demonetisation and 'will kill everything else, including safety.'
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Yashwant Sinha's remarks on Indian economy based on 'personal frustration'
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday described former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha's criticism on the state of the Indian economy as an unfair criticism based on 'one's personal frustration.'
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Panagariya 'wise' to have resigned before being proved wrong abo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former union finance minister P. Chidambaram took a dig at Arvind Panagariya, who earlier resigned as the NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman, saying his resignation was a 'wise decision' as it was taken well before he's proved
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BJP not serious about passing OBC Bill: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not being serious about passing the Other Backward Class (OBC) Commission Bill.
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Chidambaram blames BJP for making minority community 'live in fear�
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 14 (ANI): Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for threatening the minority community in the name of beef ban, alleging that the poor are living in fear.
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Centre failed to bring clarity on state of economy: Chidambaram on Budget
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): As the second leg of the Budget Session comes to a conclusion tomorrow, former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Centre for being unable to bring clarity in the state of economy adding the Congress was relieved that no additional h
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Chidambaram asks Centre to push GST to Oct 1
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday opined that the Centre's effort to roll out the Goods and Service Tax (GST) law by July 1 was "impractical and undesirable" and asked the government to push the date to October 1.
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BJP failed to field Muslim candidates: Chidambaram on UP polls
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Delivering the first annual lecture of The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy here, former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday highlighted the lack of Muslim candidates to be the loophole in the Bharatiya Janata party's (
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Must refrain from making 'arbitrary declarations': Congress to C
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 12 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday downplayed the remarks made by P. Chidambaram for declaring Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'the most dominant political leader', and asked the former union finance minister to examine more "clinically" before ma
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Don't need Congress' certification for our development plans: BJ
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, (Maharashtra), [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): Hitting back at former union finance minister Chidambaram's recent views tearing into demonetisation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that they do not need a certificate from the Congress party on the party's development
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Congress pulls up 'helpless' Jaitley, says Demonetisation only s
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai, (Maharashtra), [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): In consent with former union finance minister P. Chidambaram's recent views tearing into demonetisation, the Congress has stated that this scheme was a bogus move adding that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley could not do much for the public thr
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Demonetisation was a 'hoax, it will not kill back money: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): Dubbing the government's claim that demonetisation would weed out black money and corruption as "hoax", former union finance minister P. Chidambaram has said that such issues are likely to persist since the November 8 decision was not &
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