Bharat Express

P Chidambaram

In response, Congress leader P Chidambaram dismissed BJP's claims as baseless, stating that Katchatheevu was neither acquired nor ceded according to the BJP government's earlier stance.

P Chidambaram stated that although the Finance Minister talked about "minimum government" and "maximum governance," in practice, "minimum government" has weakened federalism.

Chidambaram said, “Indian economy is not growing fast. An economy that does not control prices and does not create employment cannot be considered a developed economy. My opinion is that there should be a change of government once in 10 years. That is a good thing. Be it the Congress party. So it is your duty to answer the BJP and send it home.”

A few weeks after demonetisation, the government and the RBI were forced to re-introduce the Rs 500 note, says senior Congress leader

Additional Sessions Judge Arul Varma said there were admittedly scores of protesters at the site and some anti-social elements within the crowd could have created an environment of disruption and havoc