New Delhi: BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday came out in support of S Ravi, an IAC activist who had tweeted against Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son, and said he should not have been arrested till a court had found him guilty.
On his latest blog posting, Advani has dwelt on the Emergency (1975-77) and its excesses. He claimed that a film-maker had told him the subject has been neglected by film industry as there is "widespread apprehension that those in authority would not tolerate a fair and honest projection of what actually happened".
Drawing a parallel with the Emergency days and the incident involving Chidambaram's son Karthi, Advani said, "A small event of last week fully justifies the film industry's fears." He recalled the incident where Ravi had tweeted that Karthi has amassed more wealth than Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.
Ravi, a 46-year old small scale Puducherry industrialist who is associated with Arvind Kejriwal's India Against Corruption, had put this tweet on October 19. He was summoned by the police and arrested....
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07:36 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Chennai: A fresh complaint of land grabbing was filed against Union Home Minister P Chidambarams son, Karthi Chidambaram, and his wife Nalini, on charges such as forgery, land grabbing, violation of CRZ regulations and illegal reclamation of land, at Karikattukuppam village, off the East Coast Road (ECR). The complainant, president of South Indian Fishermen Federation Jaya Palayan, accused Karthi of grabbing about 12 acres of land, of which six acres...
10:09 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday gunned for the head of Home Minister P Chidambaram over the alleged Aircel-Maxis deal in which, Chidambaram's son, Karthi is said to have benefited. The BJP on Friday gave notice for the suspension of the question hour in the Rajya Sabha over the issue. The Opposition had drowned out Chidambaram's statement in Parliament on Thursday. In an attempt to distance himself and his son...
10:19 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Saturday came to Home Minister P Chidambaram's defence in the Aircel-Maxis deal. The Centre said that allegations against Chidambaram's son in the Aircel-Maxis issue levelled by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy were totally baseless. In a release posted on its websbite, the government denied that there was any delay by the Finance Ministry in the Aircel-Maxis deal. It also said that that application was processed...
07:25 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has again leveled serious charges against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, alleging that the former's son Karthi Chidambaram's firm Advantage made Rs 26 lakh out of a deal with telecom company Aircel, before its takeover by Maxis. According to Swamy, the transaction occurred when Chidambaram was Finance Minister. He has further said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cannot conduct a fair...
02:32 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Karthi Chidambaram was attacked on Tuesday night. ...
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