Beverage prices at airports 'horrify' P Chidambaram: Twitterati up in arms

Chidambaram tweeted that he was "horrified" about the price of tea

P Chidambaram, Congress
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram leaves after atteding a meeting with Vice President Rahul Gandhi at AICC headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)
BS Web Team New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 25 2018 | 4:24 PM IST
Exorbitant prices of beverages at domestic airports got the goat of former finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday. The senior Congress leader was 'horrified' looking at the price of the tea that he ordered.  

The former finance minister took to Twitter to complain about the cost of hot beverages at Chennai airport. Twitterati couldn't contain themselves and took to the platform to shame him for his tweets. 

He tweeted that he was "horrified" about the price of tea. 

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In another tweet, he also complained about the price of coffee.


Twitterati, however, could not contain themselves and went on the social media platform to dank the lawyer-cum-politician for his comments. 

Here is some fun that Tweeple had by taking potshots at Chidambaram: 


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