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P Chidambaram admits UPA refrained from retaliating after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks due to global pressure, sparking BJP backlash.

Chidambaram reveals why UPA held back after 26/11, BJP hits out

P Chidambaram admits UPA refrained from retaliating after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks due to global pressure, sparking BJP backlash.

Former Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the UPA government refrained from retaliating against Pakistan following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks because of mounting international pressure and the advice of India&rsquo;s diplomatic establishment.&nbsp;
He admitted, &ldquo;retribution crossed my mind,&rdquo; but explained that the government eventually chose not to respond with force.
The statement has sparked a political storm, with BJP leaders accusing the Congress-led government of bowing to foreign influence and mishandling a national security crisis.
In a recent interview, Chidambaram recalled the days after the terror strike that killed 175 people. &ldquo;The whole world descended upon Delhi to tell us 'don't start a war',&rdquo; he said, adding that then US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice flew to India within days of the incident. &ldquo;Condoleeza Rice, who was then US Secretary of State, flew in two or three days after I took over, to meet me and the Prime Minister. And to say, 'please don't react'. I said this is a decision that the government will take. Without disclosing any official secret, it did cross my mind that we should do some act of retribution,&rdquo; he recounted.
He added that the matter was deliberated with the Prime Minister and senior officials. &ldquo;The Prime Minister had discussed this even when the attack was going on... And the conclusion was, largely influenced by the the Ministry of External Affairs, and the IFS, that we should not physically react to the situation,&rdquo; he noted.
The 26/11 assault was carried out by ten Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, who struck several locations across Mumbai including the Taj Mahal Palace, Oberoi Trident, CST station, Leopold Caf&eacute;, Cama Hospital, and Nariman House. The lone surviving terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, was executed in 2012.
BJP&rsquo;s Response
Chidambaram&rsquo;s remarks drew immediate pushback from the BJP. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said his words confirmed what many suspected&mdash;that the UPA &ldquo;mishandled&rdquo; the crisis due to external pressure.
Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala accused Chidambaram of reluctance to take charge as Home Minister after the attacks and suggested that &ldquo;others prevailed&rdquo; over his preference for military action. He asked whether Sonia Gandhi or then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had blocked retaliation, alleging that Washington&rsquo;s pressure dictated UPA&rsquo;s decisions.
&ldquo;Why was UPA taking orders from her? Why did Sonia Gandhi prevail over the Home Minister?&rdquo; Poonawalla questioned.
He further charged the Congress with giving Pakistan a &ldquo;clean chit&rdquo; over the 2008 attacks and the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast, while pushing a &ldquo;Hindu terror&rdquo; theory. He also criticised the UPA for extending Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trade status to Pakistan despite repeated attacks and accused the party of continuing to &ldquo;doubt&rdquo; India&rsquo;s military strikes against Islamabad.

P Chidambaram criticizes the Union Budget 2025-26, calling it a politically motivated plan that neglects the poor. He accuses FM Nirmala Sitharaman of cutting capital expenditure to improve fiscal deficit while ignoring rising inflation.

Budget politically driven with Delhi polls in mind: P Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram criticizes the Union Budget 2025-26, calling it a politically motivated plan that neglects the poor. He accuses FM Nirmala Sitharaman of cutting capital expenditure to improve fiscal deficit while ignoring rising inflation.

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the Union Budget 2025-26 was a 'politically-driven budget' with Delhi elections in mind as it ignored the poor and bottom half of the population.
Initiating discussion on Union Budget 2025-26 in Rajya Sabha, Chidambaram also accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of claiming to improve fiscal deficit by cutting Centre's capital expenditure and grants-in-aid to states and terming it as bad economics.
"There ought to be a philosophy behind the Budget, but I cannot find one in this Budget. I shall not attempt to do so because after going through the Budget speech and Budget numbers, I believe there is no philosophy behind the Budget," he said.
Chidambaram further said, "It is obvious that the budget was politically driven, I shall not elaborate upon that but I congratulate the finance minister for achieving one of her objectives a couple of days ago." He was referring to BJP's win in the Delhi assembly elections.
The former finance minister also stated that the MGNREGA daily wage could have been increased "because the poorest are the ones who are going for MGNREGA work" and also the statutory minimum wage across the board under the Minimum Wages Act, could have been raised and that could have benefitted thousands and thousands of labourers.
"She (Sitharaman) did nothing. But, she was focussed on the Income Tax and she was focussed on the Delhi elections," Chidambaram asserted.
Referring to the Income Tax relief provided in the Budget, he said, "She remembered the middle class but what about the section of people she has forgotten?" Citing government data, Chidambaram said between 2012 and 2024, in the 12-year period, food inflation was 6.18 per cent, education inflation was 11 per cent, healthcare inflation was 14 per cent.
"These have crippled Indian households. Household savings have fallen from 25.2 per cent to 18.4 per cent," he said, adding as per household consumption survey in 2023, the average monthly per capita expenditure of a rural family is only Rs 4,226 and in urban areas it is only Rs 6,996.
"What has this budget done for the average Indian household in the bottom 50 per cent and the bottom 25 per cent? Nothing? What relief has the finance minister given them?" Chidambaram asked.
He also said the wage of a salaried male worker has fallen in the last seven years from Rs 12,665 per month to Rs 11,858 per month. The wage of a self-employed male worker has fallen from Rs 9,454 per month to Rs 8,591 per month.
"What is the position? The position is incomes are falling, wages are falling, government expenditures are not keeping pace with the promises, household net savings have fallen. Household debt has risen. This is the plight of the bottom 50 per cent of India. There is nothing in this Budget for the bottom 50 per cent," Chidambaram said.
Stressing that the Rajya Sabha cannot be divided into one half speaking for the top 50 per cent and one half speaking for the bottom 50 per cent, he said, "I am quite happy to speak for the bottom 50 per cent but I want the treasury benches also to impress upon their minister to speak for the bottom 50 per cent of India." The senior Congress leader also alleged that the government's various schemes, including the PLI and Make in India, are "spectacular" failures and these have not been able to meet targets and not been able to generate employment.
He added that at present "the gravest challenge facing the country is unemployment".
Chidambaram also accused the FM of cutting capital expenditure to improve the fiscal deficit from a target of 4.9 per cent to 4.8 per cent.
"But how did she achieve this 4.8 per cent? She cut capital expenditure by the Central government by Rs 92,682 crore. Not revenue expenditure... She cut the grants-in-aid to states for creating capital assets, another form of capital expenditure, by Rs 90.887 crore," he said.
He further said, "So total cut in capital expenditure by Centre and the states in the current year will be Rs 1,83,569 crore. By cutting capital expenditure by such a humongous amount she saved on the fiscal deficit Rs 43,785 crore," he said, adding that cutting capital expenditure could have been understood had the saving of the fiscal deficit been equally big.
"But after cutting Rs 1,83,000-odd crore, she saved about Rs 44,000 crore. Is it a good policy? I don't know, Is it good economics? I say no. It is not good economics," Chidambaram asserted.

Budget has 'betrayed' hopes of the vast majority of people: Ex-Finance Minister P Chidambaram
 
'Who has benefited by this Budget?': Ex-Finance Minister 

Budget has 'betrayed' hopes of vast majority of people: Ex-Finance Minister P Chidambaram

Budget has 'betrayed' hopes of the vast majority of people: Ex-Finance Minister P Chidambaram
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Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday claimed that the Union Budget has "betrayed" the hopes of a vast majority of Indians and shows how far removed the government is from the people and their concerns about life, livelihood and the growing inequality between the rich and the poor.
He stressed that no taxes have been reduced except for the small number who have opted for the new tax regime.
"No indirect taxes have been reduced. There is no cut in the cruel and irrational GST rates. There is no reduction in the prices of petrol, diesel, cement, fertilizers etc. There is no cut in the numerous surcharges and cesses which are, anyway, not shared with the state governments," Chidambaram said.
"Who has benefited by this Budget? Certainly, not the poor. Not the youth looking desperately for jobs. Not those who have been laid off. Not the bulk of the taxpayers. Not the homemaker. Not the thinking Indians who are shocked by the growing inequality, the rise of the number of billionaires and the wealth being accumulated in the hands of the 1 per cent of the population. Certainly, not you," he said.
Chidambaram alleged that the government is determined to push the fortunes of "gift city", Ahmedabad, at the cost of other commercial and financial centres.
"The government is also determined to push the 'new' tax regime for which there are few takers for a variety of reasons.
"Besides, making the new tax regime the default option is grossly unfair and will rob the ordinary tax payer of the meagre social security that he may get under the old tax regime," the Congress leader said.
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Demonetisation verdict: Congress leader P Chidambaram reacts to SC decision 

"We are happy that the minority judgement has pointed out the illegality and the irregularities in the demonetisation. It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist," he noted.

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the majority verdict by the Supreme Court has steered clear of the question whether the objectives of the demonetisation exercise were achieved at all.
The 'minority' judgement pointed out the 'illegality' and the 'irregularities' in the demonetisation, Chidambaram said on Monday soon after the apex court made its verdict.
"Once the Hon'ble Supreme Court has declared the law, we are obliged to accept it. However, it is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved," the senior Congress leader said in a tweet.
"In fact the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all," he said.
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"We are happy that the minority judgement has pointed out the illegality and the irregularities in the demonetisation. It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist," he noted.
The dissenting judgement would rank among the famous dissents recorded in the history of the court, he pointed out.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld the government's 2016 decision to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination saying the decision making process was not flawed.
There has to be great restraint in matters of economic policy and the court cannot supplant the wisdom of the executive by a judicial review of its decision, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the apex court, headed by Justice S A Nazeer, said.&nbsp;

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers.

P Chidamabaram vs Nirmala Sitharaman : Planets align for another twitter bout

Why is P Chidambaram asking FM Sitharaman to take up astrology?

Chidamabaram vs Sitharaman: Planets align for another twitter bout

The Congress on Wednesday had hit out at Nirmala&nbsp;Sitharaman, saying she is more interested in Uranus and Pluto than in steering the country's economy towards recovery.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers. His swipe at <a href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/trending-video-fm-sitharaman-offering-water-to-nsdl-md-goes-viral-1652079759575" target="_blank">Nirmala&nbsp;Sitharaman</a> came after she had on Tuesday retweeted images unveiled by NASA from its new powerful space telescope. "We are not surprised that the Finance Minister tweeted pictures of Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus on the day when Inflation printed at 7.01% and unemployment printed at 7.8%," Chidambaram tweeted. "After giving up hope in her own skills and the skills of her economic advisers, the FM has called the planets to the rescue of the economy," the former finance minister said. To begin with, she should appoint a new "CEA:<a href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/economy/why-is-p-chidambaram-asking-fm-sitharaman-to-take-up-astrology-1657776179722" target="_blank"> Chief Economic Astrologer</a>", P Chidambaram added. The Congress on Wednesday had hit out at Sitharaman, saying she is more interested in Uranus and Pluto than in steering the country's economy towards recovery.

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