Speaking about major themes, he said unemployment is the biggest challenge. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMEI) estimated the all India unemployment rate in June 2024 at 9.2 per cent. It may have come down, but a wrong picture has been projected.
The new criminal laws implemented today were forcefully passed in Parliament by suspending 146 Opposition MPs, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said.
Sitharaman termed Chidambaram "arithmetic inevitability" remarks as "misleading" and explained her rationale.
The Congress leader claimed that China has occupied 2,000 sq km of Indian territory.
Speaking to the media he wondered, “Is he (Rao) extending an olive branch to the Congress or the BJP? Let him clarify. We ran two successful coalition governments in Delhi from 2004-2009 and then again in 2009-14.”
In a post on X, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said, “You were the Home Minister when former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s office was bugged. Does this ring a bell, Mr Chidambaram?”
Responding to Chidambaram's remarks, BJP's Malviya reminded him of an infamous incident of then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's office being bugged.
Remarks from the Congress leader came after Kumaraswamy met Shah and Nadda in the national capital.
He made the remarks over Kharge, who is also the Congress President, and has not been invited for the dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday criticised the BJP-led government at the Centre saying ‘boast and exaggeration’ are the hallmark of the ruling dispensation.
