Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who was once a part of the party’s inner circle, is now giving such statements which are putting the party in trouble. The party had to give clarification on Chidambaram’s statement. Like another Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, these statements of Chidambaram are on national security, historical events and economic issues, which are giving the BJP an opportunity to be the attacker. The Congress high command is very angry with them and is repeatedly advising caution.
Let us know what are those 6 statements of Chidambaram in the last 6 months which are putting the party in trouble.
‘The future of INDIA alliance is not that bright’
When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was accusing the BJP government of vote theft. during the same time P Chidambaram Gave such a statement which brought much disrepute to Congress.
During a book launch in May, P Chidambaram said, “The future of the INDIA alliance is not as bright as Mrityunjay Singh Yadav is saying. He thinks the India-US alliance is still intact. I am not sure. Maybe Salman Khurshid can answer this because he was part of the negotiating team of the INDIA alliance. If the INDIA alliance remains completely intact, then I am very, very confident.” Would be happy, but it seems weak. It can still be fixed. There is still time.”
to BJP Congress Describing it as stronger than BJP, Chidambaram said that as per my understanding of history, there has been no political party as strongly organized as BJP. It is strong on every front.
‘Who knows whether the terrorists of Pahalgam are from inside the country?’
Operation Sindoor had ended. Pakistan had been dealt a fair blow. Meanwhile, in July, a statement of Congress leader P Chidambaram was much discussed. P Chidambaram asked whether the government has identified the terrorists. Where did they come from? Who knows whether they are terrorists groomed inside the country? Chidambaram asked why did you assume that he had come from Pakistan. There is no evidence of this. The government is also hiding the loss caused to India.
BJP strongly criticized this statement of P Chidambaram. BJP IT Cell Chief Amit Malviya said that once again Congress is rushing to give a clean chit to Pakistan. It is doing this after the Pahalgam terrorist attack. He said that Congress leaders look more like lawyers of Islamabad than the opposition of India.
‘UPA did not take action under pressure’
The country’s former Home Minister P Chidambaram then put Congress in trouble. At an event on September 30, he said that he was in favor of military action against Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. But UPA did not retaliate because there was pressure from America.
The former Home Minister had admitted that the idea of retaliating against Pakistan had come to his mind. He said that I discussed this with the Prime Minister and other important people. But the final conclusion, which was largely influenced by the Ministry of External Affairs, was that we should not adopt the path of direct military response, but should adopt diplomatic measures. Chidambaram said that the decision to exercise restraint was taken amid global pressure. He further said that there was pressure from the whole world on Delhi not to start a war.
BJP called this a proof of Congress’s weakness on national security. Congress leaders like Rashid Alvi also raised questions on the timing. PM Modi repeated this and attacked Congress.
‘The method of taking the Golden Temple was wrong’
P Chidambaram’s latest statement which troubled Congress was on Operation Blue Star. P Chidambaram said that it was the wrong way to take back the Golden Temple. Indira Gandhi paid the price of this mistake with her life. This was a joint decision of the Army, Police and Civil Services.
Chidambaram was speaking at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. They were discussing journalist Harinder Baweja’s book “They Will Shoot You, Madam”.
The high command is angry with this statement of Chidambaram. According to sources, the party has said that leaders who get everything from Congress should be careful in making statements that can cause embarrassment to the party. This should not become a habit. BJP called “double mentality of Congress”. Kiren Rijiju said that Chidambaram ji has accepted the mistakes of Congress very late. After revealing that India could not respond to Pakistani attacks in Mumbai due to pressure from the US and foreign powers, he is now admitting that Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple was also a mistake.
‘The right decision was not taken in Afzal Guru’s case’
Former Home Minister P Chidambaram had created controversy in the year 2016 when he had raised questions on the verdict given on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
The former Home Minister had said in an interview that the case of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was not heard properly. He said, “Nobody can honestly hold the opinion that Afzal Guru’s case was not decided properly.”
P Chidambaram said that while being in the government, you cannot say that the court did not give the right decision. But when we are not in power, a free person can express his opinion on this.
On 13 December 2001, Afzal Guru, convicted of attacking Parliament, was hanged in Delhi.
There was a lot of uproar over Chidambaram’s statement and Congress distanced itself from this statement. BJP said that this statement is an ‘insult’ to the soldiers and the judiciary who were martyred during the attack on Parliament.
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