Priyanka Gandhi comes in support of Chidambaram, says he is being ‘Shamefully’ hunted down for exposing Govt.

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday came out in support of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram saying he is being “shamefully” hunted down for exposing the failures of the central government.

A day after the Delhi High Court rejected the former Minister’s anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media case, Gandhi called Chidambaram an extremely qualified and respected member of the Rajya Sabha, and added that the party stands by its leader and “will continue to fight for the truth no matter what the consequences are”.

“He unhesitatingly speaks truth to power and exposes the failures of this government, but the truth is inconvenient to cowards so he is being shamefully hunted down,” she tweeted.

An extremely qualified and respected member of the Rajya Sabha, @PChidambaram_IN ji has served our nation with loyalty for decades including as Finance Minister & Home Minister. He unhesitatingly speaks truth to power and exposes the failures of this government,
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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 21, 2019

but the truth is inconvenient to cowards so he is being shamefully hunted down. We stand by him and will continue to fight for the truth no matter what the consequences are.
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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 21, 2019

The INX Media case pertains to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to the media group for receiving overseas funds over Rs 300 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was the Union Finance Minister.

Chidambaram, the former Home and Finance Minister, had been targeting the BJP at the Centre on economic to national security issues.

Published on: Aug 21, 2019 at 10:32 IST

(The headline of the story has been changed by EP Web Desk)

IANS