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Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as Leader of Opposition in RS; Digvijaya, Chidambaram in race to replace him
Kharge, Tharoor and Tripathi filed nominations on the last day of the process which saw the AICC headquarters come back to life after a long time, with workers swarming the complex

Democracy is 'gasping for breath', Parliament has become 'dysfunctional': Congress' P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram dismissed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks linking the Congress' demonstration against price rise to the Ram Temple foundation day, saying the anniversary of the 'Shilanyas' was "far from our mind" when the date for the protest was fixed

ED conducts raids in Tamil Nadu in Chinese visa 'scam' case
The CBI had raided the premises of the Chidambaram family and arrested Bhaskararaman even as Karti Chidambaram was questioned by it

P Chidambaram hits out at Centre, says state of economy cause of 'extreme concern'
Addressing a press conference, Chidambaram said a slower rate of growth has been the "hallmark" of the present government in the last eight years, and the post-pandemic recovery has been "indifferent and halting

Congress lawyers heckle and protest against P Chidambaram in Kolkata
Lawyers claiming to be affiliated with the Congress protested against the senior party leader outside the Calcutta High Court for opposing a petition filed by the party’s West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Organisational changes in Congress's Goa unit signals generational shift, says senior party leader P Chidambaram
Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed young leader Amit Patkar as the president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee

Goa Assembly elections: Congress announces 36 of 37 candidates, last name to be out soon, says Chidambaram
The Congress leader said that the party will fight 'unitedly' and expressed hope that the people of Goa will repose faith in the Congress party to elect their government

Only under BJP, laws are made and unmade without prior Cabinet approval, says Chidambaram
The Congress leader's attack came a day after Modi in an address to the nation announced the repeal of the three agri laws that had triggered a year of protests by farmers.

INX Media Case: Delhi HC dismisses CBI’s plea challenging order allowing Chidambaram to inspect documents
The CBI had opposed the inspection of documents on the grounds that the probe in the INX media case, in which the Chidambarams are accused, is still ongoing, and that it may result in evidence tampering

'Ludicrious': Chidambaram slams ICHR for omitting Nehru's photo from poster celebrating India's Independence
Chidambaram accused the member secretary of the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) of bowing to hate and prejudice

P Chidambaram says COVID-19 vaccination drive a crusade, not a festival, slams Centre's 'rhetoric and hyperbole'
Taking to Twitter, the former Union finance minister urged the government to allow walk-in vaccination and asked them to get rid of the need for pre-registration for taking the vaccine in India

Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Chidambaram profile: AIADMK's Pandiyan KA won seat in 2016 polls
The voter turnout in the Chidambaram constituency in the 2016 Assembly election was 74.45 percent

JP Nadda slams P Chidambaram over comment on Article 370, says Congress using 'divide India' strategy
Chidambaram had said that the 'arbitrary and unconstitutional' decisions of the Narendra Modi government on Jammu and Kashmir must be rescinded

States should stand firm, reject Centre's options on GST compensation, says P Chidambaram
The former finance minister said the states should not borrow as the liability to provide GST compensation as well as the onus to find resources fall on the Centre

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram calls National Register of Citizens a 'mischievous plan' to divide India
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday dubbed the National Register of Citizens a sinister and mischievous plan to divide the country

ED questions P Chidambaram in UPA-era scam involving purchase of aircraft for Air India, irregularities in fixing air slots
Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram was on Friday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for about six hours in connection with a money-laundering probe into an alleged aviation scam said to have occurred during the UPA dispensation, officials said

CAA protests: BJP trying to amend Constitution through backdoor, says P Chidambaram at Congress 'Maha rally' in Kerala
Intensifying its protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Congress in Kerala took out a "Maha Rally" to the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, demanding the suspension of the law and to stop the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Parliament Updates: Rajya Sabha passes Taxation (Amendment) Bill; Nirmala Sitharaman slams Opposition for 'elitist' jibe against govt
Parliament LIVE Updates: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday approved the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, replacing ordinance used to slash corporate tax rate.

#SayItLikeNirmalaTai dominates Twitter trends following FM's 'I don't eat much onion-garlic' remark; Sitharaman claims being 'being quoted out of context'
Sitharaman, who was replying to the debate on the first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2019-2020 also said that onion price surge was due to factors such as a reduction in the area of cultivation and production.

Daily Bulletin: Parliament to discuss bills on chit funds, rights of transgenders; SC to hear Chidambaram's bail plea; day's top stories
Daily Bulletin: Parliament to discuss bills on chit funds, rights of transgenders; SC to hear Chidambaram's bail plea; NCP, Congress to meet at 5 pm over Maharashtra government formation; day's top stories