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"Revisionist govt wants to remove memory of father of nation": Karti Chida
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chidambaram said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) had been a crucial programme on which millions of people depended for their livelihood. He alleged that the government was attempting to erase the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi by renaming the scheme wit
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DGCA, Civil Aviation Ministry equally responsible for IndiGo disruption: C
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Karti Chidambaram on Friday held the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Civil Aviation equally responsible for the IndiGo flight operations crisis and said that an impact study should have been carried out before issuing a notification on Flight Duty
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"Tamil Nadu is the most Hindu state; BJP doesn't understand it": Karti Chi
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Chidambaram said, "BJP and its allied outfits don't understand Tamil Nadu very well. Tamil Nadu is perhaps the most Hindu of all the states in India. The people of Tamil Nadu are the most god-fearing, ritualistic, orthodox, temple going people in India. The
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"Failure on both parts of the DGCA and the airline...": Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Amid nationwide disruptions caused by delays and cancellations of IndiGo flights, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday criticised both the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the airline for failing to enforce and comply with the mandatory rest period directive for flight
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"Minister's words are hollow": Congress' Karti Chidambaram demands withdra
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Wednesday demanded that the government's directives on the use of the Sanchar Saathi app be withdrawn in their entirety, or else the statements made by the Union Minister will hold no significance.
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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 7 months 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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"Govt can't decide which issues we should raise, which we shouldn't": Cong
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday asserted that the government has no authority to dictate what issues the opposition should raise in Parliament, vowing that the opposition will continue to highlight matters of genuine public concern during the winter session of the Parliament.
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Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeks clear transparent, voter-friendly SIR
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, while speaking on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), asserted that the electoral rolls needed to be examined regularly with the addition of new voters. He further underlined that the individuals who carry out the process must be well-trained, but due to t
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"Inadequate manpower, lack of guidance": Karti Chidambaram flags issues in
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Friday highlighted the issues faced during implementation of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu.
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Statewide "show of force" operation needed immediately: Karti Chidambaram
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"Time has come for the Tamil Nadu Police to prove its mettle. A statewide "Show of Force" operation is needed immediately. Massive checking of all vehicles plying the roads and identity checks must be done," Chidambaram said in a post on X.
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Congress MP Karti Chidambaram expresses shock over Coimbatore rape; urges
Updated : 8 months ago IST
In a post on X, Chidambaram urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to launch a comprehensive statewide show of force operation and round up "all suspected rowdy elements and known desperadoes," adding that such action would give confidence to the common citizen.
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"Not sure if it is feasible in today's legal environment...": Karti Chida
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Hours after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned, his party colleague Karti Chidambaram seemed to differ with him on the practicality of the demand, stating that "this kind of request obviously is not going to be acceded" and a
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