Congress leaders P Chidambaram joined Adhir Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi and others in protest at the Parliament premises on December 5, against rising onion prices.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on Wednesday said the government had taken several steps to check the rising prices of onions and initiated steps to improve technology for better storage of the kitchen staple, whose price in many places have crossed Rs 100 per kg.
12:54 PM | There is fear everywhere, media also gripped with fear: P Chidambaram on Rahul Bajaj’s remark
12:52 PM | “I am not a ‘bitter’ man but a ‘better’ man now,” says P Chidambaram
12:48 PM | “The net result, as economist (Dr Arvind Subramanian) put it, is that the government has turned out to be an ‘incompetent manager’ of the economy,” says P Chidambaram
12:44 PM | I have never commented on cases that are sub-judice and I shall continue to adhere to that principle: P Chidambaram
12:42 PM | ”We will be lucky to end the year if growth touches 5%. Please remember Dr Arvind Subramanian’s caution that 5% under this government, because of suspect methodology, is not really 5% but less by about 1.5%”: Congress leader P Chidambaram
12:40 PM | “As I breathed air of freedom last night, my first prayers for people of Kashmir who have been denied basic freedom,” says Chidambaram
