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  • CBI group discovered not anything; timing of seek attention-grabbing: P Chidambaram

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Tuesday mentioned a CBI group searched his place of abode in Chennai in addition to his reputable place of abode in Delhi however “discovered not anything and seized not anything”.

    The previous Union minister additionally mentioned the “timing of the quest is attention-grabbing”. In a observation, Chidambaram mentioned this morning, a CBI group searched his place of abode in Chennai and his reputable place of abode right here.

    “The group confirmed me an FIR during which I’m really not named as an accused. The quest group discovered not anything and seized not anything,” he mentioned. “I would possibly indicate that the timing of the quest is attention-grabbing,” he added.

    ALOS READ: CBI conducts more than one raids at P Chidambaram, son Karti residential, reputable premises

    The CBI has filed a recent case in opposition to Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, son of P Chidambaram, for allegedly facilitating visas of 250 Chinese language nationals after receiving unlawful gratification of Rs 50 lakh in 2011, officers mentioned on Tuesday.

    The company on Tuesday morning began coordinated seek operations at 10 places in more than one towns within the nation, together with Karti Chidambaram’s flats in Chennai and Delhi, they mentioned.

    ALSO READ: CBI books Karti Chidambaram for facilitating visa of Chinese language nationals for unlawful gratification

    A CBI group additionally visited the reputable place of abode of Karti Chidambaram and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram at Lodhi Property right here, the officers mentioned.

  • Govt ‘completely unprepared’ to take on coal-rail-power disaster: Chidambaram 

    He additionally mentioned the ministries of coal, railway and tool are desperately inventing excuses to cover their “huge incompetence”.

  • Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh amongst Congress most sensible minds to bid good-bye to Rajya Sabha

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    NEW DELHI: Because the curtain falls at the funds consultation of Parliament, most sensible minds of the Congress within the Rajya Sabha, together with the birthday party’s leader whip Jairam Ramesh, former Union House Minister P Chidambaram and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s shut aide Ambika Soni are set to retire prior to the monsoon consultation is convened.

    Whilst some might make a comeback to the higher space, others could have an extended wait to be elected to the Rajya Sabha following the grand outdated birthday party’s shrinking footprint in state Assemblies. The loss within the contemporary 5 Meeting elections has additional harm the birthday party’s possibilities in Rajya Sabha seats.

    In the second one lot of vacancies that can be created between June and August this yr, the birthday party will see senior leaders and key audio system throughout essential debates in the home — Ramesh, who represents Karnataka, and Chidambaram, elected from Maharashtra — retiring from the higher space.

    ALSO READ: Rajya Sabha clocks 99.8 in line with cent productiveness throughout Funds Consultation, best ten mins misplaced

    Resources stated the birthday party is predicted to carry them again from states the place it’s prone to acquire seats.  

    The birthday party’s deputy chief within the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma retired on April 2. Sharma’s different G23 dissident colleagues within the Rajya Sabha – senior recommend Kapil Sibal, elected from Uttar Pradesh, and Vivek Tankha, elected from Madhya Pradesh – also are finishing their six-year phrases. Each are not likely to make a comeback to the home. Additionally retiring is Chhaya Verma, elected from Chhattisgarh, who has again and again raised problems with significance within the higher space.       

    The birthday party is predicted to achieve a couple of seats from Rajasthan (4 vacancies), the place the birthday party is in executive, and in states the place it’s in an alliance – Tamil Nadu (6 vacancies), Maharashtra (6 vacancies), and Jharkhand (2 vacancies). The birthday party’s provide power within the higher home is 30.

    Within the Rajya Sabha elections on March 31, the Congress has already misplaced two seats in Assam and one in Himachal Pradesh. Within the subsequent segment of the Rajya Sabha elections between June-August, the Congress is ready to lose two seats in Punjab and one every in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

  • Ask your self what a median circle of relatives were given in go back for paying large quantity as gasoline tax: P Chidambaram

    Chidambaram's assault at the govt got here on an afternoon petrol and diesel costs have been once more hiked through 80 paise a litre each and every, taking the entire building up in charges in much less then two weeks to Rs 8 in keeping with litre.

  • Organisational rejig in Congress’s Goa unit sign generational shift: Chidambaram

    In a tweet, Chidambaram mentioned, “My heat congratulations to the brand new President and Place of work-bearers of Goa PCC. My heat congratulations to the brand new CLP chief of Goa and the brand new staff.”

  • INX Media case: HC pass judgement on recuses from listening to ED’s plea in opposition to order to supply paperwork to PC

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi Top Courtroom pass judgement on Monday recused from listening to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea difficult a tribulation court docket’s order directing it to supply quite a lot of paperwork to former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram in regards to the INX Media cash laundering case.

    Justice Chandra Dhari Singh mentioned, “I’m really not listening to this topic. I’m shifting it.”

    The pass judgement on mentioned the petition be indexed sooner than every other bench on March 16.

    The ED, via recommend Amit Mahajan, has challenged the trial court docket’s January 25, 2020 order in which the company used to be directed to supply a scanned replica of the record of all unrelied upon paperwork to forestall to any extent further extend within the case.

    The trial court docket’s order used to be handed on two packages by way of Chidambaram and his son Karti in the hunt for inspection of unrelied upon paperwork by way of the ED.

    In the similar case, the Delhi Top Courtroom on November 10, 2021, had pushed aside the CBI’s plea difficult the trial court docket’s order permitting inspection of paperwork by way of Chidambaram and his son within the INX Media corruption case.

    Chidambaram used to be arrested by way of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) within the INX Media corruption case on August 21, 2019. On October 16 that 12 months, the ED arrested him in a similar money-laundering case.

    Six days later, on October 22, 2019, the apex court docket had granted bail to Chidambaram within the case lodged by way of the CBI. Within the ED case, he had were given bail on December 4, 2019.

    The CBI had registered its case on Would possibly 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in a International Funding Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media crew for receiving out of the country finances of Rs 305 crore in 2007 right through Chidambaram’s tenure as finance minister.

    Therefore, the ED had lodged the cash laundering case.

    The previous Union Minister’s son Karti Chidambaram used to be arrested by way of CBI in February 2018 and he used to be granted bail in March 2018 within the INX Media corruption case.

  • Goa polls: Congress makes a decision to behave all of a sudden to stake declare for presidency formation

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    PANAJI: Congress veteran P Chidambaram held a gathering with the Goa Meeting ballot applicants of his birthday party and the ones of best friend GFP on Wednesday evening, the place it was once made up our minds that the alliance will title its chief right away after the election effects are out and stake declare for presidency formation, resources mentioned.

    The verdict is supposed to steer clear of a repeat of the 2017 fiasco when the Congress had didn’t shape a central authority in Goa regardless of scoring the utmost collection of seats.

    Polling for the 40-member Space was once hung on February 14 and the counting of votes will probably be taken up on Thursday.

    Maximum go out polls have predicted a hung Space within the tiny coastal state, main the political events to formulate their methods protecting in thoughts other post-result situations.

    The Congress had contested the election on 37 seats, whilst best friend Goa Ahead Birthday party (GFP) had fielded 3 applicants.

    The Congress, which had saved its applicants in a luxurious lodge at Bambolim close to Panaji in North Goa since Tuesday night time, shifted them to some other lodge in Margao the town on Wednesday night time.

    This lodge is owned by means of some of the birthday party applicants.

    Assets mentioned that Chidambaram, who’s Congress’s Goa election in-charge, held a gathering with the applicants of the Congress and the GFP, which was once additionally attended by means of Karnataka Congress president D Okay Shivkumar, who’s these days tenting in Goa.

    All the way through the assembly, it was once made up our minds to elect the chief of the gang right away after the effects are out and stake declare to shape the federal government with state Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai.

    “The appointment with the governor can be sought right away after the effects are declared. We do not wish to devote the errors that came about after the 2017 election effects,” a senior birthday party office-bearer mentioned.

    Chatting with newshounds, Shivkumar mentioned that the entire applicants are in combination and there is not any concern of any cut up.

    “BJP is understood for its dependancy of poaching. This is the reason we now have requested all our applicants to stick in a not unusual lodge,” he mentioned.

    In 2017, regardless of successful 17 seats, the Congress may now not come to energy because the BJP, which had bagged 13 seats, allied with some independents and regional events to shape the federal government below the management of its stalwart Manohar Parrikar.

    The BJP eyes a 3rd consecutive time period in workplace.

  • India’s Covid dying numbers ‘suspect’, says Chidambaram

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    NEW DELHI: Bringing up the instructional magazine Science, Congress chief P Chidambaram on Thursday mentioned the legitimate collection of deaths because of COVID-19 within the nation is suspect.

    The reputed magazine estimates that the Covid toll in India between “1-6-2020 and 1-7-2021 used to be 3,200,000 – 8 instances the legitimate dying toll of 400,000,” Chidambaram mentioned on Twitter.

    “Of those deaths, 2,700,000 took place within the months of April, Would possibly and June 2021,” he added.

    The previous Union minister mentioned India has 638,365 villages.

    “The Executive’s figures counsel that the typical collection of deaths according to village used to be lower than one! Fantastic! Upload the collection of deaths in cities and towns. The legitimate quantity is suspect,” the Congress chief mentioned.

    The dying toll has climbed to five,14,388 with 142 extra other folks succumbing to the illness, consistent with Well being Ministry information on Thursday.

    The Congress has been alleging a lot upper deaths within the nation because of Covid and significant that there be a recent survey of deaths.

  • UP Chunav: Yogi’s financial figuring out is 0…Chidambaram attacked the Leader Minister like this

    Lucknow: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who reached Lucknow in the course of the 5th section of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections, has described CM Yogi Adityanath as an individual with 0 financial figuring out. He has mentioned that the state has a debt of Rs 6 lakh 62 thousand 891 crore, which is 34.20 % of the Gross State Home Product (GSDP). Out of this, 40 % mortgage is given through Yogi executive. Addressing the media on the state Congress place of business, P Chidambaram appealed to the folk of the state that whilst casting their votes, they will have to consider what they’re vote casting for. Other folks will have to vote for general trade. I enchantment to them to vote for Congress.

    In his cope with, the previous Union Minister offered an image of the state’s plight in different sectors together with education-health together with unemployment and poverty figures. He mentioned, I’ve observed and understood this election, listened to the speeches of the leaders and in view of that they’re nervous and anxious about the way forward for UP. He accused the prevailing executive that the Yogi executive is a dictatorial executive, during which there’s no such factor as ladies’s protection and caste and non secular frenzy is being unfold within the state.

    GDP declined from 11.40 % to -6.40 % in 5 years
    P Chidambaram mentioned that because of the insurance policies of the present executive, the GDP has reached minus. It used to be 11.40% in 2017 which has now come all the way down to -6.40%. The in line with capita source of revenue has lowered through 1.90% beneath the Yogi executive. UP is a state with a big inhabitants and probably the most running other people within the nation are discovered right here. However even these days UP is deficient, its persons are deficient. It’s unhappy to peer this. The Multidimensional Poverty Index knowledge launched through NITI Aayog presentations that 37.90% of the inhabitants of UP is under the poverty line. In 12 districts this determine is greater than 50% and in 3 of those districts – Shravasti, Bahraich and Balrampur it’s greater than 70%.

    One in 4 formative years unemployed in towns
    The previous Union Minister mentioned that the brand new technology is struggling probably the most as a result of UP has the perfect unemployment charge. He claimed that since April 2018, the unemployment charge within the state has hit double figures and one out of each 4 formative years is unemployed. The Congress chief alleged that the state executive used to be now not filling up the vacant posts because it used to be now not in its aim to offer jobs. Each and every sixteenth individual of the state leaves his state, his village and is going out for a task.

    At the query of bringing Indians from Ukraine, P Chidambaram mentioned that the whole lot isn’t in a single’s palms out of the country. I imagine that the federal government will have to be doing the suitable factor on its section. However, given the instances, steps to convey Indians from there can have been taken previous.

  • Goa Meeting elections: TMC rebuts Congress declare that ‘concrete’ alliance be offering used to be now not made

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    NEW DELHI: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday got here out with a powerful rebuttal to senior Congress chief P Chidambaram’s remark that there used to be no ‘concrete’ be offering however an insignificant ‘advice’ for a pre-poll alliance at the a part of TMC for the Goa meeting elections.

    TMC’s nationwide vp, Pavan Ok Varma on Thursday spoke back to P Chidambaram’s remark pronouncing it used to be a ways got rid of from the reality. Varma stated he used to be dismayed and disenchanted and {that a} ‘concrete’ proposal for an alliance to beef up the opposition used to be made to the Congress Birthday celebration from the TMC’s aspect by means of none as opposed to him.

    “I, within the capability of TMC’s nationwide vice-president, met him at his Lodhi place of dwelling at 1.30 pm on December 24 after in quest of right kind appointment for the assembly. I introduced a suggestion to him in particular person for a pre-poll alliance however he stated the topic relating to a pre-poll alliance with TMC for the Goa meeting elections used to be above him”, Varma stated on Thursday.

    It must be famous that Congress Birthday celebration has previous appointed P Chidambaram because the in-charge of Goa polls. Chidambaram, in his remark concerning the loss of ‘concrete’ alliance be offering from the TMC, additionally discussed that the poaching of Congress birthday party contributors by means of the TMC in Goa had nearly diminished the potential of a pre-poll alliance between the events.

    Difficult Chidambaram’s remark, Pavan Varma claimed that Chidambaram spoke back to the be offering by means of pronouncing that taking a choice relating to alliance used to be a ways above him.

    Varma stated {that a} day after the assembly, Chidambaram advised him over the telephone additionally that the general authority to come to a decision at the alliance with the TMC for the Goa meeting polls rested with Rahul Gandhi.

    Varma stated that once he met Chidambaram, Rahul Gandhi used to be now not in India. “Upon Rahul Gandhi’s go back from aboard, I once more spoke with Chidambaram inquiring for to expedite the method of forming an alliance. However not anything used to be carried out to this impact until now. Now, he’s pronouncing on nationwide TV that there was no concrete proposal for alliance from our aspect. This is merely the untruth.” Varma stated.

    Varma additionally stated that he used to be shocked by means of the way during which Chidambaram, a senior Congress chief, who has served as Union Finance Minister and House Minister, used to be making an attempt to deceive the folks at the factor of an alliance.

    “As soon as the Congress birthday party had agreed for the alliance, all different formalities like seat-sharing and the verdict as to who will lead the alliance would have indisputably been labored out amicably”, he stated.

    Varma stated an affirmative reaction at the a part of Congress remained awaited by means of the TMC for the alliance for the Goa meeting polls.

    Just lately, Varma talking to TNIE had additionally denied that TMC used to be weakening the Congress Birthday celebration by means of poaching its contributors. He had stated that the TMC used to be seeking to recreate an actual Congress in TMC by means of offering a powerful selection to the BJP.

    Varma had additionally stated to TNIE that the prevailing management of the Congress birthday party used to be now not ready to take at the BJP by means of themselves even with a pan-India presence.

    But even so this, a Twitter struggle were happening between the leaders of the Congress Birthday celebration and the TMC. Mahua Moitra had stated that the Grand Outdated Birthday celebration shouldn’t be driving prime horse pondering of itself because the ‘Emperor of India’ responding to P Chidambaram’s tweet that stated, to defeat the BJP, there must be ‘Congress plus others, now not others plus Congress”.