Finance minister arun jaitley again is doing doubledealing to save his close friend and former finance minister p chidambaram. It ranked second among all ebooks that were selfpublished in 2017. Both agreed but then, just 48 hours before the launch, i got a call from a. Arun jaitley calls yashwant sinha job applicant at 80. Kapil sibal in an engaging discussion at p chidambaram s book launch duration. Sep 29, 2017 arun jaitley reminds yashwant sinha of his own record as finance minister, calls him job applicant at 80 accusing yashwant sinha of acting in tandem with senior congress leader and former finance minister p chidambaram, jaitley said it appears the two have forgotten the harsh words they used for each other in the past. Both were sophisticated spokesmen for their respective parties, namely the bjp and the congress. Senior congress leader p chidambaram thursday tried to corner finance minister arun jaitley on the afspa issue, asking why he was mum on the withdrawal of the controversial act from tripura, meghalaya and parts of arunachal pradesh. Finance minister arun jaitley defended searches at the homes of his predecessor p chidambaram and his son as also rjd chief lalu prasad, saying the day of reckoning has come for many and they will be held accountable for their misdeeds. P chidambaram said arun jaitley has been maintaining that in the rafale deal, negotiated by the nda government, the price of the aircraft was cheaper by 9 per cent or 20 per cent. Sinha also praised former prime minister manmohan singh for his sound.
Nov 08, 2014 the current finance minister of india arun jaitley and former finance minister p chidambaram countered each other in a debate during rajdeep sardesais book launch. April 22 why mr p chidambaram is siding with pakistan by asking india to change its behaviour. Credit goes to mukherjee, chidambaram and jaitley for strong. His first book ndtv frauds has been published and is an amazon bestseller. P chidambaram vs arun jaitley in rajya sabha duration. In november 2014, i invited jaitley and another lawyerpolitician, p chidambaram, to launch my 2014 election book. Jan 05, 2020 crediting three successive finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chief u. The income tax department itd is also under arun jaitley. Is arun jaitley double dealing in ed and it probes against. Jaitleys public questioning of the cbis recommendation to probe banking heavyweights brought ironic applause on sunday from congress leader p. Crediting former finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chairman uk sinha said the three leaders stood their ground and did not interfere in the matter.
When finance minister arun jaitley and his predecessor p chidambaram shared the stage on friday, both veterans debated several issues economic policy, the. Not to be left behind, chidambaram called sinhas tenure during the vajpayee government as the worst years since liberalisation. Chidambaram, who contrasted the ministers expression of outrage with slumber when the agency harasses others. Arun jaitley on yashwant sinha, p chidambarams criticism of. This led to a further postponement of the case to january 11, 2019, and interim protection of the tainted chidambaram, the. Jaitley was first bribed by p chidambaram in 1990, when he became additional solicitor general to monitor the bofors case. On subramanian swamys complaint prime minister narendra modi has ordered the itd to probe into chidambaram familys illegal assets in 14 countries and karti and his firms undeclared 21 foreign bank accounts under the new black money and benami act. Sep 29, 2017 without naming predecessors yashwant sinha and p chidambaram, arun jaitley said they have decided to act in concert because speaking on persons and then bypassing the issues is something which is very easily done. Since the 1990s, two leaders who rose on the political horizon and were closely watched were arun jaitley and p chidambaram. Arun jaitley takes on yashwant sinha as job applicant at. A day after former finance minister and senior bjp leader yashwant sinha, in an opinion piece in the indian express, critiqued the growth slowdown.
Why mr p chidambaram is siding with pakistan by asking india to change its behaviour. Some verbal sparring, most of it good natured but at times acerbic, between two senior politicians former union minister p. I am open to vote for noncongress parties if need be. Finance minister arun jaitley on friday hit out at his predecessor p chidambaram for being a knowall living under false illusion and said the economy was in the hands of a terrible doctor under the 10year rule of upa which pushed it to being in the fragile five economies in the world. Arun jaitleys comment came in response to yashwant sinhas biting criticism of the centres handling of the indian economy. Chidambaram and arun jaitley shastri ramachandaran august 30, 2019 00. P chidambaram tries to corner arun jaitley on afspa the. Chidambaram challenged arun jaitley to have the courage to scrap the controversial retrospective tax proposals with the comfortable parliamentary majority his government enjoys. Chidambaram and finance minister arun jaitley, over.
Sep 29, 2017 arun jaitleys comment came in response to yashwant sinhas biting criticism of the centres handling of the indian economy. Chidambaram questions jaitley over afspa the hindu. In campus violence barb, p chidambaram refers to student. Income upto rs 100,000 per annum was exempted from tax in the 200506 budget. Arun jaitley was answering questions on p chidambaram and lalu prasads charge that the cases instituted against them or their families were part of a political conspiracy. He accused sinha of acting in tandem with senior congress leader and former finance minister p chidambaram. Arun jaitley responds to yashwant sinha, pans him and. Arun jaitley 28 december 1952 24 august 2019 was an indian politician and attorney. Jaitley had criticised the congress on tuesday after the opposition party announced. Arun jaitley on yashwant sinha, p chidambarams criticism. Sep 28, 2017 arun jaitley accused sinha of acting in tandem with senior congress leader and former finance minister p chidambaram, forgetting the harsh words the two had used for each other. Nalini chidambaram is a senior advocate practising in the madras high court and the supreme court of india. Jaitley, chidambaram lock horns over retrospective tax.
In campus violence barb, p chidambaram refers to student leader arun jaitley all india edited by divyanshu dutta roy updated. He also alleged that there is a flip flop gang in the ruling bjp. Jan 06, 2020 crediting three successive finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chief u k sinha has said the three leaders stood their ground and did not interfere in the matter despite repeated attempts by vested interests. The national health protection scheme was announced by finance minister arun jaitley in the union budget 2018. Chidambaram and finance minister arun jaitley, over issues including state of the economy, reasons for defeat of the upa and even rahul gandhi, livened up the discussion during a book launch here on nov 7, 2014.
Also pictured is veteran journalist swapan dasgupta. Dec 18, 2018 finance minister arun jaitley again is doing doubledealing to save his close friend and former finance minister p chidambaram. Without naming predecessors yashwant sinha and p chidambaram, arun jaitley said they have decided to act in concert because speaking on persons and then bypassing the issues is something which is very easily done. The sanction for prosecution of five officers in aircelmaxis case has been delayed once again.
Arun jaitley reminds yashwant sinha of his own record as finance minister, calls him job applicant at 80 accusing yashwant sinha of acting in tandem with senior congress leader and former finance minister p chidambaram, jaitley said it appears the two have forgotten the harsh words they used for each other in the past. Arun jaitley responds to yashwant sinha, pans him and chidambaram finance minister arun jaitley on thursday hit back calling him a job applicant at 80 years of age who has forgotten his record as finance minister. Chidambaram on thursday threw a challenge to finance minister arun jaitley on the armed forces special powers act afspa by asking him why he was keeping quiet on the withd. Nov 08, 2014 when finance minister arun jaitley and his predecessor p chidambaram shared the stage on friday, both veterans debated several issues economic policy, the nda governments performance and. Chidambaram, who graduated with a bba degree from the university of texas, austin, and a masters in law from the university of cambridge. Before this the major changes in income tax was introduced in the union budget 200506 by the then finance minister p chidambaram. Arun jaitley takes on yashwant sinha as job applicant at 80. P chidambaram, arun jaitley and the rajdeep sardesai book. Finance minister arun jaitley and former finance minister p chidambaram release the book 2014 the election that changed india authored by rajdeep sardesai at a function in new delhi on friday. This led to a further postponement of the case to january 11, 2019, and interim protection of the tainted chidambaram, the main accused in the case. I am on the centre of the political spectrum and thus a mild congress supporter if i had to choose. Arun jaitley accused sinha of acting in tandem with senior congress leader and former finance minister p chidambaram, forgetting the harsh words the two had used for each other. Finance minister arun jaitley, in his caustic rejoinder to bjp veteran yashwant sinhas criticism of the state of the.
Not to be left behind, chidambaram called sinhas tenure during the vajpayee government as. Chidambaram on thursday threw a challenge to finance minister arun jaitley on the armed forces special powers act. Among the whispers were questions about why no action was taken against chidambaram, despite the case being old, when jaitley had still been active. Was jaitleys absence a factor in the hounding of chidambaram. Finance minister arun jaitley on thursday took a dig at predecessors yashwant sinha and p. Daily current affairs 2020 verbal sparring between jaitley. Crediting former finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chairman uk sinha said the three leaders stood their ground and did not interfere in the matter despite repeated attempts by vested interests. A member of the bharatiya janata party, jaitley served as the minister of finance and corporate affairs of the government of india from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of finance, defence, corporate affairs, commerce and. Many leaders linked chidambarams plight with arun jaitley the finance minister in the first narendra modi government who passed away on saturday, august 24, 2019 being taken ill. How chidambaram backed and snubbed jaitley at the same time on cbi adventurism post file photo of congress leader p chidambaram.
Mukherjee, chidambaram, jaitley stood ground against sahara. Jaitley, chidambaram lock horns over retrospective tax the. Chidambaram, who have been critical of his handling of the indian economy. Arun jaitley hits out at yashwant sinha, calls him job. Crediting three successive finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chief u k sinha has said the three leaders stood their ground and did not interfere in the matter despite repeated attempts by vested interests. Jaitley launches counterattack against sinha, chidambaram. If this is true, then the finance minister arun jaitley must explain why.
Nov 07, 2014 nitish kumar, sitaram yechury, kapil sibal in an engaging discussion at p chidambarams book launch duration. Union finance minister arun jaitley left and congress leader p chidambaram. The first reference was for chidambaram and the second one for sinha, who rode on the bjp leaders criticism to assail jaitley and the governments handling of the economy post demonetisation and. Taking a jibe at yashwant sinha, the finance minister said that he doesnt have luxury of being former finance minister. While partially agreeing with jaitley on the indiscriminate targeting of eminent bankers, chidambaram attacked him for being in deep slumber when the cbi was on an arrest spree and targeted eminent ias officers.
Credit goes to mukherjee, chidambaram and jaitley for. Both were lawyers and very eloquent in english, both written and spoken. Finance minister arun jaitley on friday hoped for a gst councillike cooperation between the centre and the states for rollout of the national health protection scheme nhps, which promises an annual insurance cover of up to rs 5 lakh each for 10 crore families. Mukherjee, chidambaram, jaitley stood ground against. Apart from sonia gandhi, chidambaram had a hidden agenda in bofors case. For senior citizens between the age of 60 and 80, the tax exemption limit was hiked to rs 3 lakh by jaitley. Breaking his silence on criticism by fellow party leader yashwant sinha, finance minister arun jaitley on thursday hit back calling him a job applicant at 80 years of age who has forgotten his record as finance minister and is commenting on persons rather than policies. Tale of two exfinance ministers for all their thrust and parry, be it in parliament or elsewhere in public, they showed. Crediting three successive finance ministers pranab mukherjee, p chidambaram and late arun jaitley for sebis strong action against sahara group, the market regulators former chief u.
Finance minister arun jaitley today strongly defended the economic policies of nda government. In what headlines today is calling the great face off, finance minister arun jaitley debated his predecessor in upa govt, p chidambaram at rajdeep sardesais book launch event in delhi. Chidambaram is mba and law graduate from harvard university. Arun jaitley is a law graduate from delhi university. Feb 16, 2018 i am on the centre of the political spectrum and thus a mild congress supporter if i had to choose. Karti, a member of the congress partys aicc, is active in tamil nadu state.
He also took a dig at his critics yashwant sinha and p chidambaram. Chidambaram is from tamilnadu and joined congress party during the time of rajiv gandhi. Congress leader p chidambaram today said finance minister arun jaitley had failed the fiscal consolidation test in budget 201819 and this would have serious consequences. Nov 08, 2014 some verbal sparring, most of it good natured but at times acerbic, between two senior politicians former union minister p. Nitish kumar, sitaram yechury, kapil sibal in an engaging discussion at p chidambarams book launch duration. Finance minister relieved, his successor in trouble. Kapil sibal in an engaging discussion at p chidambarams book launch duration. Jaitley returns fire on sinha, chidambaram the statesman.
Sep 28, 2017 finance minister arun jaitley today strongly defended the economic policies of nda government. Nitish kumar, sitaram yechury, kapil sibal in an engaging discussion at p chidambaram s book launch duration. P chidambaram attacks arun jaitley on rafale deal comments. Arun jaitley responds to yashwant sinha, pans him and chidambaram. Jaitley appeared the meeker to the task, suggesting he expected the outgoing upa to have cleaned up the mess before departing from power. He also took a dig at his critics yashwant sinha and p. Finance minister relieved, his successor in trouble, writes. Senior bjp leader arun jaitley today wrote finance minister p chidambaram should seriously introspect on the legacy he would leave behind for the next finance minister. Nov 10, 2014 in what headlines today is calling the great face off, finance minister arun jaitley debated his predecessor in upa govt, p chidambaram at rajdeep sardesais book launch event in delhi. Finance minister arun jaitley and former finance minister p chidambaram release the book 2014 the election that changed india authored by. Verbal sparring between jaitley, chidambaram at sardesai book.