P. Chidambaram

New Delhi/Chennai: The Congress on Wednesday accused the Modi government of targeting opposition leaders by using…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambarams wife Nalini and son Karti regarding an appeal of the Income Tax Department against a Madras High Court order.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said he suspected that the BJP wanted war and not peace and accused the saffron party of trying to cover up its government’s “gross failures” by taking a hardline in its manifesto on “what they call national security.”

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh and Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar have no right to remain in office after their indictment by the EC for poll code violation.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a 54-page manifesto with five big ideas. These promises are what the party can achieve, unlike “a large number of lies dished out by Prime Minister every day,’’ the party claimed.

Amid speculation that he may be the finance minister, if an opposition alliance wins the general elections, the former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said he is willing to return if he could be of use.

P Chidambaram, Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister, here on Wednesday, said the minimum income guarantee (MIG) scheme.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday hit out at the ruling BJP, saying the party will be remembered for broken promises made to the people. Addressing a press conference to explain the salient features of the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY)

The Congress party’s minimum guaranteed income scheme will be rolled out in phases and the five crore beneficiary families will be covered in phases, senior leader P Chidambaram said.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday declared “final assault on poverty” by promising a minimum income of Rs 6,000 per month to India’s poorest families, if the party comes to power.