Chidambaram also said he hoped the finance minister and I-T officials had heard the PM's exhortation to respect wealth creators loud and clear
Gandhi has put forth many conditions for the visit, including meeting mainstream leaders under detention, the governor said in a statement
Chidambaram said domestic consumption, the only engine of economic growth that was firing, is also sputtering now
He sought to corner the finance minister, saying she did not present macro economic data, including receipts from revenue, in her Budget Speech in Lok Sabha on July 5
In the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set a disinvestment target of Rs 1.05 trillion for the current fiscal year
Delivering a lecture on the "Union Budget - Will it deliver what it promises", he said there is nothing in the budget to take care of the 20% poorest of the poor
Jobs is the number one issue in the country and 400,000 vacant posts in the government will be filled when the Congress comes to power, he said
During the raids, cash to the tune of Rs 1.48 crore allegedly stashed to bribe voters was seized
For 10 years during the UPA rule, he said, India was absolutely secure without any threat of war between India and Pakistan or China
The statements added that the ITD prosecution complaints, filed yesterday before a court in Chennai, would be "opposed in accordance with law."
Committee finds seized cattled up for auction bought back by smugglers, pushed to Bangladesh again
Chidambaram's son Karti has already been questioned twice by the ED in this case
He said the people of the country were watching and would give a befitting reply in this election
The former finance minister's attack on the government came in the wake of two independent members of the National Statistical Commission -- P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi -- resigning on Monday
P Chidambaram also tore into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led regime's agrarian policies
It is alleged she entered into a criminal conspiracy with Sudipta Sen, the proprietor of Saradha group
Chidambaram said the Congress was implacably opposed to the BJP not because of being a rival party
The former finance and home minister referred to the J&K governor's reported criticism of the NC and PDP for their alleged frequent reference to Pakistan's role in resolving the Kashmir issue
According to the I-T department, the Chidambaram family had failed to disclose a property they jointly own in Cambridge in the UK, worth Rs 53.7 million
The trouble erupted when a section of workers complained that they were not informed about the meeting