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Telangana Issue: Entire GoM to Meet on 19 October

The entire reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will meet on 19 October to discuss the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh on the basis of parameters set by the group. Oct 11, 2013
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IMF cuts India's growth forecast to 3.8%, BJP hits government

New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): As India suffered the steepest cut in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) revised growth forecasts for the year, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday stated that the issue is very serious. He also called Finance Minister P Chidambaram an expert in bringing down growth rates. IMF, in its flagship World Economic Outlook report said that India will grow only 3.8% in the 2013-14 financial year against 5.6% projected in its July forecast, a cut of 1.8 percentage points. Oct 10, 2013
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Narendra Modi has rather divided BJP: Congress on Chidambaram's statement

Ahmedabad, Oct 08 (ANI): After Finance Minister P Chidambaram gave a statement saying that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has united the rank and file of BJP but he is not bigger than BJP leader and former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia said that Modi has rather divided his party on various lines and is the one who has conspired to kill his own party members too. Further, he said that such statements from ministers are not based on actual facts but are given without any thoughts in them. Oct 8, 2013
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BJP hits back at Finance Minister, says Congress scared of Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): A day after Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that it was gross exaggeration to say Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's wave was sweeping the countryside, the BJP hit back at him saying that the Congress is scared of Modi. Chidambaram while making such remarks had also conceded that Modi - BJP's prime ministerial candidate - has united the rank and file of BJP but he is not bigger than BJP leader and former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Oct 8, 2013
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Chidambaram on economic situation

Bangalore, Oct 05 (ANI): Speaking of his confidence in knowledge of numbers, Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram on Saturday said that exports have picked up this year. Oct 5, 2013
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Chidambaram accuses "unregulated" players for destabilizing markets

Chennai, Sep 30 (ANI): Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram slammed the "unregulated" players in the market and said on Monday that their activities have adversely impacted large number of consumers in the country. Chidambaram was addressing a national seminar on "Indian Financial Code" in Chennai which was recommended by the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission and organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Meanwhile the finance minister also elaborated on the recent ordinance which was passed by the government on September 16 aimed at filling up the loopholes to protect the interests of the consumers from being exploited by these unregulated players. Sep 30, 2013
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Will Rahul throw away JPC report as well in dustbin: BJP

Allahabad, Sep 28 (ANI): After Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi called the Ordinance protecting convicted politicians a 'nonsense' and as something which should be torn and thrown into the dustbin, BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh asked whether Gandhi is ready to throw away the JPC report on 2G scam as well. The draft report of the JPC on 2G spectrum allocation exonerated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of any wrongdoing and blamed the then Communications Minister and DMK MP A Raja. Sep 28, 2013
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PM is definitely honest: JD (U) after JPC report on 2G scam

New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): A day after JPC meet gave clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and charged the then Communications Minister and DMK MP A Raja responsible for the 2G scam, JD (U) leader Shabir Ali on Saturday supported the report and said that the PM is definitely honest and there is no doubt about the same. Further, talking about differences in Congress regarding the ordinance on convicted politicians, Ali said that such discussions should be taken up in the Parliament and not directly by the courts. Sep 28, 2013
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2G scam: JPC report adopted, CPI (M) says not acceptable

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Friday adopted its controversial draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation case which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sixteen members voted in favour of the report and 11 against the report. CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury strongly opposed the decision and said that his party will not accept this. Sep 27, 2013
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2G scam: JPC report adopted, BJP says black day in Indian democracy

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Friday adopted its controversial draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation case which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sixteen members voted in favour of the report and 11 against the report. Terming it as a black day in Indian democracy, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that BJP will present a serious dissent note on this. Sep 27, 2013
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BJP lashed out at Chidambaram's attack on Modi over growth rates

New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad lashed out at Finance Minister P Chidambaram's attack on Narendra Modi wherein Chidambaram charged Modi with staging a "fake encounter with facts" regarding his claims of economic growth during BJP-led NDA being 8.4 per cent. Prasad mocked Chidambaram saying that he is being "economical with truth" and that his statement is a "copy-book case of fake encounter with facts". He also charged the UPA government for deteriorating economic condition in the nation. Sep 23, 2013
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Chidambaram is practicing terrorism with facts: Yashwant Sinha

New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): Reacting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's statement that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claim that India grew at 8.4 per cent during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government is false and the average growth during NDA's rule was 6 per cent and not 8.4 per cent, Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said that Chidambaram is practicing terrorism with facts Sep 23, 2013