Caravan Daily
NEW DELHI — Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday morning at Tihar Jail. Former FM has been imprisoned since September 5 in the INX Media case.
Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by CBI. He was sent to judicial custody to Tihar jail on September 5. He has been lodged in Jail No. 7 of the Tihar jail, which is meant for economic offenders.
According to reports, the meeting of the senior Congress leaders lasted for half an hour.
Everything is fine in India. Except for unemployment, loss of existing jobs, lower wages, mob violence, lockdown in Kashmir and throwing Opposition leaders in prison
This is for the first time that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh visited the jail premises to meet any party leader lodged there.
Besides Sonia and Manmohan, Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram also arrived at the jail premises.
The visit of Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister showcases Congress party’s complete support to Chidambaram amidst allegations of financial irregularities against him.
After the meeting, Chidambaram, through his family thanked the party leadership for meeting him and said as long as the Congress is strong and brave, “I will also be strong and brave,” reports IANS.
“I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: I am honoured that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh called on me today. As long as the Congress party is strong and brave, I will also be strong and brave,” he said in a series of tweets.
In an apparent jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks in Houston that everything is fine in India, Chidambaram said, “Everything is fine in India. Except for unemployment, loss of existing jobs, lower wages, mob violence, lockdown in Kashmir and throwing Opposition leaders in prison.”
Chidambaram is also being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case relating to INX Media.
The Congress, however, had accused the BJP-led central government of indulging in political vendetta.
(With inputs from IANS)
