Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that never before in its history has Maharashtra performed so badly on all fronts, as he attacked the BJP-Mahayuti here on Saturday.
Speaking about major themes, he said unemployment is the biggest challenge. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMEI) estimated the all India unemployment rate in June 2024 at 9.2 per cent. It may have come down, but a wrong picture has been projected.
The new criminal laws implemented today were forcefully passed in Parliament by suspending 146 Opposition MPs, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said.
Sitharaman termed Chidambaram "arithmetic inevitability" remarks as "misleading" and explained her rationale.
The Congress leader claimed that China has occupied 2,000 sq km of Indian territory.
Chidambaram demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in Parliament clarifying whether there had been surveillance or not.
'When Mr Nitish Kumar declares that this will be his 'last election' he has effectively conceded defeat,' P Chidambaram said on Twitter.
'Will the government say if that obligation was fulfilled?' he asked
Ahead of the general elections in 2019, Congress had suggested changes to farm laws that would see the APMC Act abolished.
He said that the economic revival will need money. 'Borrow and don't hesitate on this.'
