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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Short description|Indian politician and lawyer (born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                = P. Chidambaram
| name                = P. Chidambaram
| image              = Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg
| native_name        =  
| native_name        =  
| nickname            =  
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| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start          = 5 July 2016
| term_end            =
| constituency        = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| image              = Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg
| predecessor        = [[Vijay J. Darda]]
| successor          =
| predecessor2        = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| primeminister2      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1972–1996), (2004–present)}}
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1972–1996), (2004–present)}}
| office1             = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
| office             = [[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha|Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajya Sabha]]
| predecessor1       = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| status            = Interim                    | predecessor       = [[Anand Sharma]]
| primeminister1      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor          = [[Pramod Tiwari]]
| successor1          = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| term_start        = 03 April 2022
| successor2          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| term_end          = 31 January 2023
| term_start1        = 31 July 2012
| 2blankname        = [[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha|Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_end1           = 26 May 2014
| 2namedata        = [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
| term_start2        = 22 May 2004
| office1              = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_end2           = 30 November 2008
| constituency1        = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]
| primeminister3      = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| term_start1         = 10 June 2022
| term_start3        = 1 May 1997
| term_end1            =
| term_end3          = 19 March 1998
| predecessor1         = [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]
| predecessor3        = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| successor1           =  
| successor3          = [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| term_start2         = 5 July 2016
| primeminister4     = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| term_end2            = 16 June 2022
| term_start4        = 1 June 1996
| constituency2        = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| term_end4          = 21 April 1997
| predecessor2         = [[Vijay J. Darda]]
| successor2           = [[Imran Pratapgarhi]]
 
| office3            = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
| term_start3        = 31 July 2012
| term_end3          = 26 May 2014
| predecessor3        = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| successor3          = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| primeminister3     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor4        = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| predecessor4        = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| successor4          = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| successor4          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| term_start5        = 29 November 2008
| primeminister4      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_end5          = 31 July 2012
| term_start4        = 22 May 2004
| predecessor5        = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| term_end4          = 30 November 2008
| successor5          = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| primeminister5      = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| office5             = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_start5        = 1 May 1997
| primeminister5     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_end5          = 19 March 1998
| term_start6         = 30 November 2009
| predecessor5        = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| term_end6           = 31 July 2012
| successor5          = [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| predecessor6       = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| primeminister6      = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| successor6         = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| term_start6        = 1 June 1996
| office6             = [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)|Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]
| term_end6          = 21 April 1997
| primeminister6     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor6        = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| primeminister7     = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| successor6          = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| term_start7         = 26 December 1985
| office7             = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_end7           = 2 December 1989
| primeminister7     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor7       = [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]]
| term_start7         = 29 November 2008
| successor7         = [[Margaret Alva]]
| term_end7           = 31 July 2012
| office8             = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| predecessor7       = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| term_start8         = 31 December 1984
| successor7         = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| term_end8           = 26 April 1999
| office8             = [[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)|Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]
| predecessor8       = R. Swaminathan
| primeminister8     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor8         = [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
| term_start8        = 30 November 2009
| constituency8       = [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
| term_end8          = 31 July 2012
| term_start9         = 17 May 2004
| predecessor8        = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| term_end9           = 18 May 2014
| successor8          = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| predecessor9       = [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
| primeminister9     = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| successor9         = [[P. R. Senthilnathan]]
| term_start9         = 26 December 1985
| constituency9      = [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
| term_end9           = 2 December 1989
| predecessor9       = [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]]
| successor9         = [[Margaret Alva]]
| office10             = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start10         = 31 December 1984
| term_end10           = 26 April 1999
| predecessor10       = R. Swaminathan
| successor10         = [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
| constituency10       = [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
| term_start11         = 17 May 2004
| term_end11           = 18 May 2014
| predecessor11       = [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
| successor11         = [[P. R. Senthilnathan]]
| constituency11      = [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1945|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1945|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Kandanur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br/>(now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
| birth_place        = [[Kandanur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br/>(now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
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| profession          = [[Senior Advocate]]
| profession          = [[Senior Advocate]]
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'''Palaniappan Chidambaram''' (born 16 September 1945)<ref name=bio/> is an Indian politician and former [[wikt:Special:Search/attorney|attorney]] who currently serves as [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]].<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/piyush-goyal-chidambaram-suresh-prabhu-sharad-yadav-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/52572237.cms Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha – The Economic Times]. Economictimes.indiatimes.com (3 June 2016). Retrieved on 2016-08-18.</ref> He recently served as the Chairman of the [[List of Indian parliamentary committees|Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs]] (2017–18).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/reports/EnglishCommittees/Committee%2520on%2520Home%2520Affairs/205.pdf|title=Parliament of India Rajya Sabha - 205th Report Action taken by Government in 203rd report on Border Security|work=[[Parliament of India]]|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/chidambaram-to-head-parliamentary-panel-on-home-affairs-116091501344_1.html|title=Chidambaram to head Parliamentary panel on home affairs|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref>  
'''Palaniappan Chidambaram''' (born 16 September 1945),<ref name=bio/> better known as '''P. Chidambaram''', is an Indian politician and [[lawyer]] who currently serves as [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]].<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/piyush-goyal-chidambaram-suresh-prabhu-sharad-yadav-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/52572237.cms Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha – The Economic Times]. Economictimes.indiatimes.com (3 June 2016). Retrieved on 2016-08-18.</ref> He served as the Chairman of the [[List of Indian parliamentary committees|Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs]] from 2017 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://164.100.47.5/newcommittee/reports/EnglishCommittees/Committee%2520on%2520Home%2520Affairs/205.pdf|title=Parliament of India Rajya Sabha - 205th Report Action taken by Government in 203rd report on Border Security|work=[[Parliament of India]]|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/chidambaram-to-head-parliamentary-panel-on-home-affairs-116091501344_1.html|title=Chidambaram to head Parliamentary panel on home affairs|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref>


Chidambaram has served as the Union [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] four times. Most recently, he held the role for the entirety of the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government from 2004 to 2014, except for a three-year period as Minister of Home Affairs, during which he oversaw India's domestic security response to the [[26/11|26/11 terrorist attack]] in Mumbai. Chidambaram returned as Finance Minister in July 2012, succeeding [[Pranab Mukherjee]], who resigned to become the [[President of India]].
Chidambaram has served as the Union [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] four times. Most recently, he held the role for the entirety of the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government from 2004 to 2014, except for a three-year period as Minister of Home Affairs, during which he oversaw India's domestic security response to the [[26/11|26/11 terrorist attack]] in Mumbai. Chidambaram returned as Finance Minister in July 2012, succeeding [[Pranab Mukherjee]], who resigned to become the [[President of India]].
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The Indian National Congress appointed P. Chidambaram as one of thirteen senior spokespersons on 15 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 spokespersons chosen by Congress|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/shashi-tharoor-among-13-spokespersons-chosen-by-congress_905733.html|website=Zeenews|publisher=Zee Media Bureau|access-date=18 September 2014|date=2014-01-21}}</ref>
The Indian National Congress appointed P. Chidambaram as one of thirteen senior spokespersons on 15 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=13 spokespersons chosen by Congress|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/shashi-tharoor-among-13-spokespersons-chosen-by-congress_905733.html|website=Zeenews|publisher=Zee Media Bureau|access-date=18 September 2014|date=2014-01-21}}</ref>
He ceded his seat to his son Karti in 2014, which resulted in electoral defeat for his son.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/congress-leaders-opting-out-lok-sabha-polls-chidambaram-natarajan-184820-2014-03-13 | title=Ahead of polls, Congress leaders want to retreat | work=[[India Today]] | author=Priyamvatha P | date=13 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Chidambaram-wants-his-son-to-log-in-at-Sivaganga/articleshow/31977163.cms | title=Chidambaram wants his son to log in at Sivaganga | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=14 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Jaya-tears-into-Chidambaram-in-his-home-turf/articleshow/32442313.cms | title=Jaya tears into Chidambaram in his home turf | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=V Mayilvaganan | date=22 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Election-results-2014-As-P-Chidambaram-power-fails-Karti-comes-fourth/articleshow/35229275.cms | title=Election results 2014: As P Chidambaram power fails Karti comes fourth | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=V Mayilvaganan | date=17 May 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> In 2016, he was elected as an MP of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian parliament from the state of [[Maharashtra]].
He ceded his seat to his son Karti in 2014, which resulted in electoral defeat for his son.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/congress-leaders-opting-out-lok-sabha-polls-chidambaram-natarajan-184820-2014-03-13 | title=Ahead of polls, Congress leaders want to retreat | work=[[India Today]] | author=Priyamvatha P | date=13 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Chidambaram-wants-his-son-to-log-in-at-Sivaganga/articleshow/31977163.cms | title=Chidambaram wants his son to log in at Sivaganga | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=14 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Jaya-tears-into-Chidambaram-in-his-home-turf/articleshow/32442313.cms | title=Jaya tears into Chidambaram in his home turf | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=V Mayilvaganan | date=22 March 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Election-results-2014-As-P-Chidambaram-power-fails-Karti-comes-fourth/articleshow/35229275.cms | title=Election results 2014: As P Chidambaram power fails Karti comes fourth | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=V Mayilvaganan | date=17 May 2014 | access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> In 2016, he was elected as an MP of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian parliament from the state of [[Maharashtra]].
[[File:The Home Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, in New Delhi on January 18, 2010.jpg|300px|thumb|left| Chidambaram with the Home Minister of Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, in New Delhi on 18 January 18 2010]]  
[[File:The Home Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, in New Delhi on January 18, 2010.jpg|300px|thumb|left| Chidambaram with the Home Minister of Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, in New Delhi on 18 January 2010]]


;Parliamentary Committee assignments  
;Parliamentary Committee assignments  
* 13 Sept. 2021 onwards: Member [[Committee on External Affairs]]<ref name="Committee on External Affairs">{{cite web |title=Committee on External Affairs : Loksabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=11&tab=2 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref>
* 13 Sept. 2021 onwards: Member [[Committee on External Affairs]].<ref name="Committee on External Affairs">{{cite web |title=Committee on External Affairs : Loksabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=11&tab=2 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref>


==Family and personal life==
==Family and personal life==
Chidambaram's mother, Lakshmi Acchi, was the daughter of [[Sir Annamalai Chettiar]], a banker and merchant, and was granted the title of ''Raja'' by [[British Raj|British]]. Annamalai Chettiar was the founder of [[Annamalai University]] and [[United India Insurance Company]] Limited. His brother, [[Ramaswami Chettiar]], was the founder of the [[Indian Bank]] and the co-founder of another major bank, the [[Indian Overseas Bank]].<ref>[http://www.mctmib.org/about_us.html M.Ct.M Group Education and Business Activities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231215058/http://www.mctmib.org/about_us.html |date=31 December 2010 }}. Mctmib.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080808011451/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080459340600.htm Tamil Nadu / Sivaganga News : IOB founder’s birth centenary celebrated]. The Hindu (4 August 2008). Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://chennainagarathar.com/nagarathar_vip_content.html Chennainagarathar.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201035133/http://www.chennainagarathar.com/nagarathar_vip_content.html |date=1 February 2011 }}. Chennainagarathar.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/aboutus.php Welcome to Annamalai University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211010/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/aboutus.php |date=22 February 2014 }}. Annamalaiuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://achi.org/wiki/raja-sir-annamalai-chettiar Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar | Nagarathar Sangam of North America]. Achi.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>
Chidambaram's mother, Lakshmi Acchi, was the daughter of [[Sir Annamalai Chettiar]], a banker and merchant, and was granted the title of ''Raja'' by [[British Raj|British]]. Annamalai Chettiar was the founder of [[Annamalai University]] and [[United India Insurance Company]] Limited. His brother, [[Ramaswami Chettiar]], was the founder of the [[Indian Bank]] and the co-founder of another major bank, the [[Indian Overseas Bank]].<ref>[http://www.mctmib.org/about_us.html M.Ct.M Group Education and Business Activities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231215058/http://www.mctmib.org/about_us.html |date=31 December 2010 }}. Mctmib.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080808011451/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080459340600.htm Tamil Nadu / Sivaganga News : IOB founder’s birth centenary celebrated]. The Hindu (4 August 2008). Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://chennainagarathar.com/nagarathar_vip_content.html Chennainagarathar.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201035133/http://www.chennainagarathar.com/nagarathar_vip_content.html |date=1 February 2011 }}. Chennainagarathar.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/aboutus.php Welcome to Annamalai University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211010/http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/aboutus.php |date=22 February 2014 }}. Annamalaiuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://achi.org/wiki/raja-sir-annamalai-chettiar Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar | Nagarathar Sangam of North America]. Achi.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>


He is married to Nalini Chidambaram, daughter of Justice (Retd.) [[Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam]], of the Supreme Court, and Mrs. Soundra Kailasam, a renowned Tamil poet and author. Nalini Chidambaram is a senior advocate practising in the [[Madras High Court]] and the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He has a son, Karti P. Chidambaram, who graduated with a [[BBA]] degree from the [[University of Texas, Austin]], and a [[Masters in Law]] from the [[University of Cambridge]]. Karti, a member of the Congress Party's AICC, is active in [[Tamil Nadu]] state politics. Karti is married to Dr. Srinidhi Rangarajan, a well-known [[Bharathanatyam]] dancer and medical doctor, working with the Apollo Group of Hospitals in [[Chennai]]. Karti and Srinidhi have a daughter, Aditi Nalini Chidambaram.
He is married to Nalini Chidambaram, daughter of Justice (Retd.) [[Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam]], of the Supreme Court, and Mrs. Soundra Kailasam, a renowned Tamil poet and author. Nalini Chidambaram is a senior advocate practising in the [[Madras High Court]] and the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He has a son, Karti P. Chidambaram, who graduated with a [[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]] degree from the [[University of Texas, Austin]], and a [[Masters in Law]] from the [[University of Cambridge]]. Karti, a member of the Congress Party's AICC, is active in [[Tamil Nadu]] state politics. Karti is married to Dr. Srinidhi Rangarajan, a well-known [[Bharathanatyam]] dancer and medical doctor, working with the Apollo Group of Hospitals in [[Chennai]]. Karti and Srinidhi have a daughter, Aditi Nalini Chidambaram.


=== Health Issues ===
=== Health Issues ===
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Chidambaram was criticised for his ministry's failure to prevent the [[2011 Mumbai bombings]], despite massive investments in security following the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. Three years after the 2008 attacks, security preparations were proven to be inadequate with channel breakdown and failures in modernising, procuring, and installing security equipment.<ref name="wsj-mumbaigap">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304223804576447993312720946|title=Mumbai Response Points to Security Gaps|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011|first=Megha|last=Bahree}}</ref> Chidambaram defended the agencies under his ministry against the charge of intelligence failure with the response which was later ridiculed by many people in India and its media:
Chidambaram was criticised for his ministry's failure to prevent the [[2011 Mumbai bombings]], despite massive investments in security following the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. Three years after the 2008 attacks, security preparations were proven to be inadequate with channel breakdown and failures in modernising, procuring, and installing security equipment.<ref name="wsj-mumbaigap">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304223804576447993312720946|title=Mumbai Response Points to Security Gaps|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011|first=Megha|last=Bahree}}</ref> Chidambaram defended the agencies under his ministry against the charge of intelligence failure with the response which was later ridiculed by many people in India and its media:


{{quote|Having no intelligence in this case, however, does not mean that there was a failure on part of the intelligence agencies.<ref name=it-intel>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/mumbai-blasts-chidambaram-denies-intelligence-failure/1/144890.html|title=Mumbai blasts: Chidambaram denies intelligence failure|work=India Today|date=15 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Having no intelligence in this case, however, does not mean that there was a failure on part of the intelligence agencies.<ref name=it-intel>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/mumbai-blasts-chidambaram-denies-intelligence-failure/1/144890.html|title=Mumbai blasts: Chidambaram denies intelligence failure|work=India Today|date=15 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>


There has been no intelligence failure. There was no intelligence warning about 13/7.<ref name=yahoo-intel>{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/13-7-mumbai-blasts-chidambaram-rejects-charges-intelligence-070941960.html|title=13/7 Mumbai blasts: Chidambaram rejects charges of intelligence failure|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=14 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>}}
There has been no intelligence failure. There was no intelligence warning about 13/7.<ref name=yahoo-intel>{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/13-7-mumbai-blasts-chidambaram-rejects-charges-intelligence-070941960.html|title=13/7 Mumbai blasts: Chidambaram rejects charges of intelligence failure|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=14 July 2011|access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>}}


Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner in 2011 that data entry operators at Sivaganga had transferred 3,400 votes polled by Kannappan from 11 polling stations in Chidambaram's favour. News reports suggest that on May 16, 2009, the AIADMK candidate Raja Kannappan was declared elected by 3555 votes at 12.30 pm, and the news was also broadcast on television. But in a dramatic reversal a few hours later, P Chidambaram was declared elected by 3354 votes at 4.30 pm, and was confirmed as the winner after a recount at 8.30 pm.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/09/mr-recount-minister-here-are-the-facts-of-sivaganga-poll-188438.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718164038/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/09/mr-recount-minister-here-are-the-facts-of-sivaganga-poll-188438.html |archive-date=18 July 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner in 2011 that data entry operators at Sivaganga had transferred 3,400 votes polled by Kannappan from 11 polling stations in Chidambaram's favour. News reports suggest that on May 16, 2009, the AIADMK candidate Raja Kannappan was declared elected by 3555 votes at 12.30 pm, and the news was also broadcast on television. But in a dramatic reversal a few hours later, P Chidambaram was declared elected by 3354 votes at 4.30 pm, and was confirmed as the winner after a recount at 8.30 pm.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/09/mr-recount-minister-here-are-the-facts-of-sivaganga-poll-188438.html |title=Mr Recount Minister, here are the facts of Sivaganga poll &#124; India News Analysis and Op-Ed Commentary &#124; Politics &#124; Governance &#124; Economic Freedom &#124; National Interest |access-date=18 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718164038/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/02/09/mr-recount-minister-here-are-the-facts-of-sivaganga-poll-188438.html |archive-date=18 July 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


On 7 April 2009, Chidambaram was [[List of shoe-throwing incidents|assaulted]] by [[Sikh]] journalist [[Jarnail Singh (journalist)|Jarnail Singh]] during a press conference in [[Delhi]] on the issue of a "clean chit" to [[Jagdish Tytler]]. Singh, who writes for the [[Hindi]] daily newspaper ''[[Dainik Jagaran]]'' was dissatisfied with Chidamabaram's answer to a question on the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]'s (CBI) "clean chit" regarding Jagdish Tytler's involvement in the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. It was the first shoe throwing incident in India.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/4369344.cms The Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 18 August 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Journalist hurls shoes at|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/journalist-hurls-shoe-at-p-chidambaram/444151/|access-date=12 March 2014|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref>
On 7 April 2009, Chidambaram was [[List of shoe-throwing incidents|assaulted]] by [[Sikh]] journalist [[Jarnail Singh (journalist)|Jarnail Singh]] during a press conference in [[Delhi]] on the issue of a "clean chit" to [[Jagdish Tytler]]. Singh, who writes for the [[Hindi]] daily newspaper ''[[Dainik Jagaran]]'' was dissatisfied with Chidamabaram's answer to a question on the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]'s (CBI) "clean chit" regarding Jagdish Tytler's involvement in the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. It was the first shoe throwing incident in India.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/4369344.cms The Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 18 August 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Journalist hurls shoes at|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/journalist-hurls-shoe-at-p-chidambaram/444151/|access-date=12 March 2014|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref>
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=== INX Media, Aircel-Maxis case ===
=== INX Media, Aircel-Maxis case ===
{{Main|INX Media case}}
{{Main|INX Media case}}
In 2006, political leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy alleged that a company controlled by [[Karti Chidambaram]], the son of [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] P. Chidambaram, received a five-percent share of Aircel to get part of {{INR}}40&nbsp;billion paid by [[Maxis Communications]] for the 74-percent share of Aircel. According to Swamy, Chidambaram withheld [[Foreign Investment Promotion Board]] clearance of the deal until his son received the five-percent share in Siva's company.<ref name="Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/63605-govts-defence-of-chidambaram-rings-hollow.html | title=Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow | work=The Pioneer | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> The issue was raised a number of times in [[Indian Parliament|Parliament]] by the opposition, which demanded Chidambaram's resignation.<ref name="Aircel-Maxis Deal: Parliament Disrupted Over PC's Role">{{cite news | url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=761922&commentid=49662#49662 | title=Aircel-Maxis Deal: Parliament Disrupted Over PC's Role | work=Outlook India | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110022112/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=761922&commentid=49662#49662 | archive-date=10 November 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Although Chidambaram and the then ruling Congress government denied the allegations,<ref name="Aircel-Maxis Deal: PC Dismisses Charges as Reckless">{{cite news|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=762153 |title=Aircel-Maxis Deal: PC Dismisses Charges as Reckless |work=Outlook India |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510162107/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=762153 |archive-date=10 May 2012 }}</ref> ''[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]'' and ''[[India Today]]'' reported the existence of documents showing that Chidambaram delayed approval of the [[foreign direct investment]] proposal by about seven months.<ref name="Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow" /><ref name="Document shows Chidambaram delayed Aircel-Maxis deal by 7 months">{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/document-shows-chidambaram-delayed-aircel-maxis-deal/1/187868.html | title=Document shows Chidambaram delayed Aircel-Maxis deal by 7 months | work=India Today | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Govt trapped in own web of deceit">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/63884-govt-trapped-in-own-web-of-deceit.html | title=Govt trapped in own web of deceit | work=The Pioneer | date=9 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> It was alleged that Chidambaram's son, Karti was a direct beneficiary of the [[2G spectrum case]]. His company,  Advantage Strategic Consulting  had a five per cent stake in Aircel Televentures, even as his father P Chidambaram, as Finance minister, was alleged to have offered FIPB clearance for the Aircel-Maxis deal only if his son's company, Advantage Strategic Consulting, got shares in Aircel Ventures.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chidambarams-son-a-direct-beneficiary-of-2G-scam-Subramaniam-Swamy/articleshow/12878815.cms | title=Chidambaram's son a direct beneficiary of 2G scam: Subramaniam Swamy|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The Enforcement Directorate is <u>currently</u> investigating his involvement in Aircel deal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chidambaram-expected-to-appear-before-ed-on-tuesday-in-aircel-maxis-money-laundering-case/story-i5IZZutYnamyVU5X1WMfSM.html | title=Chidambaram expected to appear before ED on Tuesday in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case| date=2018-06-04}}</ref> In 2012, and, subsequently, in 2016, information of wide-scale corruption by Chidambaram's son [[Karti Chidambaram]] and [[Robert Vadra]], with the help of his father's position, including through the [[Airtel]]–[[Maxis]] deal and the [[Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam]], was unveiled in prominent newspapers and media in India.<ref name="oneindia">{{cite news|last1=Chidambaram|first1=Narita|title=Subramanian Swamy exposes Chidambaram, son in corruption case|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2012/04/26/chidambaram-helped-son-in-corruption-subramanian-swamy.html|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=One India|date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Simultaneously, Chidambaram and his son Karti have been dogged with allegations of corruption, misuse of position, insider trading and [[money laundering]].
In 2006, political leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy alleged that a company controlled by [[Karti Chidambaram]], the son of [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] P. Chidambaram, received a five-percent share of Aircel to get part of {{INR}}40&nbsp;billion paid by [[Maxis Communications]] for the 74-percent share of Aircel. According to Swamy, Chidambaram withheld [[Foreign Investment Promotion Board]] clearance of the deal until his son received the five-percent share in Siva's company.<ref name="Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/63605-govts-defence-of-chidambaram-rings-hollow.html | title=Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow | work=The Pioneer | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> The issue was raised a number of times in [[Indian Parliament|Parliament]] by the opposition, which demanded Chidambaram's resignation.<ref name="Aircel-Maxis Deal: Parliament Disrupted Over PC's Role">{{cite news | url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=761922&commentid=49662#49662 | title=Aircel-Maxis Deal: Parliament Disrupted Over PC's Role | work=Outlook India | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110022112/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=761922&commentid=49662#49662 | archive-date=10 November 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Although Chidambaram and the then ruling Congress government denied the allegations,<ref name="Aircel-Maxis Deal: PC Dismisses Charges as Reckless">{{cite news|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=762153 |title=Aircel-Maxis Deal: PC Dismisses Charges as Reckless |work=Outlook India |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510162107/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=762153 |archive-date=10 May 2012 }}</ref> ''[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]'' and ''[[India Today]]'' reported the existence of documents showing that Chidambaram delayed approval of the [[foreign direct investment]] proposal by about seven months.<ref name="Govt's defence of Chidambaram rings hollow" /><ref name="Document shows Chidambaram delayed Aircel-Maxis deal by 7 months">{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/document-shows-chidambaram-delayed-aircel-maxis-deal/1/187868.html | title=Document shows Chidambaram delayed Aircel-Maxis deal by 7 months | work=India Today | date=8 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Govt trapped in own web of deceit">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/360-todays-newspaper/63884-govt-trapped-in-own-web-of-deceit.html | title=Govt trapped in own web of deceit | work=The Pioneer | date=9 May 2012 | access-date=10 May 2012}}</ref> It was alleged that Chidambaram's son, Karti was a direct beneficiary of the [[2G spectrum case]]. His company,  Advantage Strategic Consulting  had a five per cent stake in Aircel Televentures, even as his father P Chidambaram, as Finance minister, was alleged to have offered FIPB clearance for the Aircel-Maxis deal only if his son's company, Advantage Strategic Consulting, got shares in Aircel Ventures.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chidambarams-son-a-direct-beneficiary-of-2G-scam-Subramaniam-Swamy/articleshow/12878815.cms | title=Chidambaram's son a direct beneficiary of 2G scam: Subramaniam Swamy|work=[[The Times of India]]| date=26 April 2012}}</ref> The Enforcement Directorate is <u>currently</u> investigating his involvement in Aircel deal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chidambaram-expected-to-appear-before-ed-on-tuesday-in-aircel-maxis-money-laundering-case/story-i5IZZutYnamyVU5X1WMfSM.html | title=Chidambaram expected to appear before ED on Tuesday in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case| date=2018-06-04}}</ref> In 2012, and, subsequently, in 2016, information of wide-scale corruption by Chidambaram's son [[Karti Chidambaram]] and [[Robert Vadra]], with the help of his father's position, including through the [[Airtel]]–[[Maxis]] deal and the [[Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam]], was unveiled in prominent newspapers and media in India.<ref name="oneindia">{{cite news|last1=Chidambaram|first1=Narita|title=Subramanian Swamy exposes Chidambaram, son in corruption case|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2012/04/26/chidambaram-helped-son-in-corruption-subramanian-swamy.html|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=One India|date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Simultaneously, Chidambaram and his son Karti have been dogged with allegations of corruption, misuse of position, insider trading and [[money laundering]].
 
===Imprisonment===
===Imprisonment===


On 20 August 2019, the Delhi High Court dismissed both anticipatory bail pleas of Chidambaram in connection with corruption charges in the INX Media case during his tenure as Finance minister in UPA Government.<ref name="oneindia" /><ref name="mint">{{cite news|last1=Verma|first1=Gyan|last2=Khanna|first2=Pretika|title=Pioneer – the unlikely crusader|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/NQFI4Ii1ilyeb9EpfWLoWN/The-Pioneer-The-unlikely-crusader.html|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=The Live Mint|date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="jeth">{{cite news|title=Friend, father & philosopher of black money is Chidambaram|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/friend-father-a-philosopher-of-black-money-is-chidambaram|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=The Sunday Guardian|date=27 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=Special|title=ED searches Karti's office; Chidambaram alleges harassment|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ed-searches-kartis-office-chidambaram-alleges-harassment/article7997679.ece|access-date=27 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=21 December 2015}}</ref> On 21 August, he appeared at the Congress HQ and addressed a press conference stating that he was "not accused"; however, he left the place, and, later, he was arrested by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] and [[Enforcement Directorate]] at his home.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chidambaram-arrested-taken-to-cbi-office-for-questioning-in-inx-media-case/article29214167.ece|title=Chidambaram arrested in INX Media case after high drama|date=2019-08-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-22|others=Special Correspondent|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/live-updates-chidambaram-arrested-inx-media-case-indrani-mukerjea-karti-cbi-2279293.html|title=In 2nd Round of Interrogation, CBI Quizzes Chidambaram on Meeting With Indrani Mukerjea {{!}} LIVE Updates|date=2019-08-22|website=News18|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/p-chidambaram-arrest-as-it-happened-1590176-2019-08-22|title=P Chidambaram's arrest: As it happened|website=India Today|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> On 5 September 2019, [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] dismissed his appeal against rejection of anticipatory bail plea by Delhi High Court. The Special Court ordered Chidambaram to stay in [[judicial custody]] in [[Tihar Jail]] for 14 days. On 4 December he was granted bail by the supreme court.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/inx-media-case-chidambaram-lands-in-tihar-jail-that-currently-has-17-400-inmates-1596071-2019-09-06|title=INX Media case: Chidambaram lands in Tihar Jail that currently has 17,400 inmates|agency=Press Trust of India |date=September 6, 2019 |magazine=India Today|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
On 20 August 2019, the Delhi High Court dismissed both anticipatory bail pleas of Chidambaram in connection with corruption charges in the INX Media case during his tenure as Finance minister in UPA Government.<ref name="oneindia" /><ref name="mint">{{cite news|last1=Verma|first1=Gyan|last2=Khanna|first2=Pretika|title=Pioneer – the unlikely crusader|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/NQFI4Ii1ilyeb9EpfWLoWN/The-Pioneer-The-unlikely-crusader.html|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=The Live Mint|date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="jeth">{{cite news|title=Friend, father & philosopher of black money is Chidambaram|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/friend-father-a-philosopher-of-black-money-is-chidambaram|access-date=27 October 2016|publisher=The Sunday Guardian|date=27 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=Special|title=ED searches Karti's office; Chidambaram alleges harassment|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ed-searches-kartis-office-chidambaram-alleges-harassment/article7997679.ece|access-date=27 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=21 December 2015}}</ref> On 21 August, he appeared at the Congress HQ and addressed a press conference stating that he was "not accused"; however, he left the place, and, later, he was arrested by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] and [[Enforcement Directorate]] at his home.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chidambaram-arrested-taken-to-cbi-office-for-questioning-in-inx-media-case/article29214167.ece|title=Chidambaram arrested in INX Media case after high drama|date=2019-08-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/live-updates-chidambaram-arrested-inx-media-case-indrani-mukerjea-karti-cbi-2279293.html|title=In 2nd Round of Interrogation, CBI Quizzes Chidambaram on Meeting With Indrani Mukerjea {{!}} LIVE Updates|date=2019-08-22|website=News18|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/p-chidambaram-arrest-as-it-happened-1590176-2019-08-22|title=P Chidambaram's arrest: As it happened|website=India Today|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> On 5 September 2019, [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] dismissed his appeal against rejection of anticipatory bail plea by Delhi High Court. The Special Court ordered Chidambaram to stay in [[judicial custody]] in [[Tihar Jail]] for 14 days. On 4 December he was granted bail by the supreme court.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/inx-media-case-chidambaram-lands-in-tihar-jail-that-currently-has-17-400-inmates-1596071-2019-09-06|title=INX Media case: Chidambaram lands in Tihar Jail that currently has 17,400 inmates|agency=Press Trust of India |date=September 6, 2019 |magazine=India Today|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>


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In this Indian name, the name Palaniappan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Chidambaram.

P. Chidambaram
Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajya Sabha
Interim
In office
03 April 2022 – 31 January 2023
Leader of the OppositionMallikarjun Kharge
Preceded byAnand Sharma
Succeeded byPramod Tiwari
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
10 June 2022
Preceded byA. Navaneethakrishnan
ConstituencyTamil Nadu
In office
5 July 2016 – 16 June 2022
Preceded byVijay J. Darda
Succeeded byImran Pratapgarhi
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Minister of Finance
In office
31 July 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byPranab Mukherjee
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
In office
22 May 2004 – 30 November 2008
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byJaswant Singh
Succeeded byPranab Mukherjee
In office
1 May 1997 – 19 March 1998
Prime MinisterI. K. Gujral
Preceded byI. K. Gujral
Succeeded byYashwant Sinha
In office
1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Preceded byJaswant Singh
Succeeded byI. K. Gujral
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
29 November 2008 – 31 July 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byShivraj Patil
Succeeded bySushilkumar Shinde
Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
In office
30 November 2009 – 31 July 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byShivraj Patil
Succeeded bySushilkumar Shinde
In office
26 December 1985 – 2 December 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byKamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
Succeeded byMargaret Alva
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
31 December 1984 – 26 April 1999
Preceded byR. Swaminathan
Succeeded byE. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
ConstituencySivaganga
In office
17 May 2004 – 18 May 2014
Preceded byE. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
Succeeded byP. R. Senthilnathan
ConstituencySivaganga
Personal details
Born (1945-09-16) 16 September 1945 (age 79)
Kandanur, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress (1972–1996), (2004–present)
Other political
affiliations		Tamil Maanila Congress (1996–2001)
Congress Jananayaka Peravai (2001–2004)
Spouse(s)Nalini Chidambaram
ChildrenKarti Chidambaram (son)
Alma materUniversity of Madras (BSc, LLB)
Harvard University (MBA)
Loyola College (MA)
ProfessionSenior Advocate

Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945),[1] better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.[2] He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs from 2017 to 2018.[3][4]

Chidambaram has served as the Union Minister of Finance four times. Most recently, he held the role for the entirety of the United Progressive Alliance government from 2004 to 2014, except for a three-year period as Minister of Home Affairs, during which he oversaw India's domestic security response to the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai. Chidambaram returned as Finance Minister in July 2012, succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, who resigned to become the President of India.

Early life and education[edit]

Chidambaram was born to Kandanur L. Ct. L. Palaniappa Chettiar and Lakshmi Achi in Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. His maternal grandfather was Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar, a wealthy merchant and banker from Chettinad.[5]

Chidambaram did his schooling at the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, Chennai[6] he passed the one-year pre-University course from Loyola College, Chennai. After graduating with a BSc degree in statistics from the Presidency College, Chennai, he completed his Bachelor of Laws from the Madras Law College (now Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College) and his MBA from Harvard Business School in the class of 1968. He also holds a master's degree from Loyola College, Chennai.[7]

During this time his politics inclined to the left and in 1969 he joined N. Ram, later an editor of The Hindu, and the women's activist Mythili Sivaraman in starting a journal called the Radical Review.[8]

Chidambaram has two brothers and one sister.[1] His father's business interests covered textiles, trading and plantations in India. He chose to concentrate on his legal practice and stayed away from the family business.[9]

He enrolled as a lawyer in the Madras High Court, becoming a senior advocate in 1984. He had offices in Delhi and Chennai and practiced in the Supreme Court and various high courts of India.

Political career[edit]

Chidambaram in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Finance in 2012

Chidambaram was elected to the Lok Sabha (lower house) of the Indian Parliament from the Sivaganga constituency of Tamil Nadu in general elections held in 1984. He was a union leader for MRF and worked his way up in the Congress party. He was the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress president and then the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee unit. He was inducted into the Union (Indian federal) Council of Ministers in the government headed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 21 September 1985 as a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Commerce and then in the Ministry of Personnel. His main actions during his tenure in this period was to control the price of tea and he has been criticized by the Government of Sri Lanka for destroying the Sri Lankan tea trade by fixing the prices of the commodity in India using state power. He was elevated to the rank of Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in January 1986. In October of the same year, he was appointed to the Ministry of Home Affairs as Minister of State for Internal Security. He continued to hold both offices until general elections were called in 1989. The Indian National Congress government was defeated in the general elections of 1989.

Chidambaram in his office after taking over the charge of the Union Minister of Home in 2008

In June 1991, Chidambaram was inducted as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce, by the then Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao; a post he held till July 1992. He was later re-appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce in February 1995 and held the post until April 1996. He made some radical changes in India's export-import (EXIM) policy, while at the Ministry of Commerce.[citation needed]

In 1996, Chidambaram quit the Congress party and joined a breakaway faction of the Tamil Nadu state unit of the Congress party called the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC). In the general elections held in 1996, TMC along with a few national and regional level opposition parties, formed a coalition government. The coalition government came as a big break for Chidambaram, who was given the key cabinet portfolio of Finance. His 1997 budget is still remembered as the dream budget[10] for the Indian economy. The coalition government was a short-lived one (it fell in 1998), but he was reappointed to the same portfolio in the government formed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2004.

In 1998, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took the reins of the government for the first time and it was not until May 2004 that Chidambaram would be back in government. Chidambaram became Minister of Finance again in the Congress party led United Progressive Alliance government on 24 May 2004. During the intervening period Chidambaram made some experiments in his political career, leaving the TMC in 2001 and forming his own party, the Congress Jananayaka Peravai, largely focused on the regional politics of Tamil Nadu. The party failed to take off into mainstream Tamil Nadu or national politics. Just before the elections of 2004, he merged his party with the mainstream Congress party and when the Congress won the election, he was inducted into the Council of Ministers under the new Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as cabinet Minister of Finance.[11]

On 30 November 2008, he was appointed the Union Home Minister following the resignation of Shivraj Patil who had come under intense pressure to tender his resignation following a series of terror attacks in India, including the Mumbai attacks on 26 November 2008.

He has been credited with taking the bold decision of prioritising elections above corporate demands to deploy security for the 2009 Indian Premier League.[12]

In 2009, Chidambaram was re-elected from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency in the Congress and retained the Home ministry.[13] He was one of the representatives of the central government when a tri-party agreement was signed with the Gorkha Hill Council and the Government of West Bengal, an agreement which was a result of Mamata Banerjee's effort to end a decade long unrest in the hills of Darjeeling.[14]

The Indian National Congress appointed P. Chidambaram as one of thirteen senior spokespersons on 15 September 2014.[15] He ceded his seat to his son Karti in 2014, which resulted in electoral defeat for his son.[16][17][18][19] In 2016, he was elected as an MP of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament from the state of Maharashtra.

Chidambaram with the Home Minister of Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, in New Delhi on 18 January 2010
Parliamentary Committee assignments

Family and personal life[edit]

Chidambaram's mother, Lakshmi Acchi, was the daughter of Sir Annamalai Chettiar, a banker and merchant, and was granted the title of Raja by British. Annamalai Chettiar was the founder of Annamalai University and United India Insurance Company Limited. His brother, Ramaswami Chettiar, was the founder of the Indian Bank and the co-founder of another major bank, the Indian Overseas Bank.[21][22][23][24][25]

He is married to Nalini Chidambaram, daughter of Justice (Retd.) Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam, of the Supreme Court, and Mrs. Soundra Kailasam, a renowned Tamil poet and author. Nalini Chidambaram is a senior advocate practising in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India. He has a son, Karti P. Chidambaram, who graduated with a BBA degree from the University of Texas, Austin, and a Masters in Law from the University of Cambridge. Karti, a member of the Congress Party's AICC, is active in Tamil Nadu state politics. Karti is married to Dr. Srinidhi Rangarajan, a well-known Bharathanatyam dancer and medical doctor, working with the Apollo Group of Hospitals in Chennai. Karti and Srinidhi have a daughter, Aditi Nalini Chidambaram.

Health Issues[edit]

He suffers from a medical condition referred to as crohn's disease.[26]

Controversies[edit]

Template:POV section The Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) 1997, which he announced when he was Finance Minister with the United Front government, was condemned by the Controller and Auditor General of India as abusive because of the loopholes that made it possible to fudge data to the financial advantage of the confessor.[27]

Chidambaram was criticised for his ministry's failure to prevent the 2011 Mumbai bombings, despite massive investments in security following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Three years after the 2008 attacks, security preparations were proven to be inadequate with channel breakdown and failures in modernising, procuring, and installing security equipment.[28] Chidambaram defended the agencies under his ministry against the charge of intelligence failure with the response which was later ridiculed by many people in India and its media:

Having no intelligence in this case, however, does not mean that there was a failure on part of the intelligence agencies.[29] There has been no intelligence failure. There was no intelligence warning about 13/7.[30]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner in 2011 that data entry operators at Sivaganga had transferred 3,400 votes polled by Kannappan from 11 polling stations in Chidambaram's favour. News reports suggest that on May 16, 2009, the AIADMK candidate Raja Kannappan was declared elected by 3555 votes at 12.30 pm, and the news was also broadcast on television. But in a dramatic reversal a few hours later, P Chidambaram was declared elected by 3354 votes at 4.30 pm, and was confirmed as the winner after a recount at 8.30 pm.[31]

On 7 April 2009, Chidambaram was assaulted by Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh during a press conference in Delhi on the issue of a "clean chit" to Jagdish Tytler. Singh, who writes for the Hindi daily newspaper Dainik Jagaran was dissatisfied with Chidamabaram's answer to a question on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) "clean chit" regarding Jagdish Tytler's involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. It was the first shoe throwing incident in India.[32][33]

Chidambaram was part of Vedanta's legal team and on its board before becoming finance minister in 2004 [42].[34] In 2002, a year before UK's Financial Services Authority allowed Sterlite to reconstitute itself as Vedanta Resources Plc, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) served a show-cause notice on three of Chairman Anil Agarwal's family. The notice was a demand that Sterlite directors answer allegations about using their holding companies-Volcan and Twinstar-to avoid paying taxes on forex transactions. It was a polite way of saying there was prima facie evidence, dating back to 1993, that the Agarwals were guilty of money laundering. For seven years the case dragged on in courts as Sterlite employed top lawyers to use every possible delaying tactic. P. Chidambaram argued in Sterlite's defence in a 2003 Bombay High Court case related to the ED's allegations. The following year, Chidambaram found himself appointed non-executive director on the board of Vedanta Resources Plc. And very soon, he became finance minister in UPA 1.

Former Union Minister and Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani's letter to Chidambaram on 6 December 2013 accused him of acting in collusion with the NDTV and laundering Rs 5000 crores of money through Mauritius route back to India.[35]

INX Media, Aircel-Maxis case[edit]

Main article: INX Media case

In 2006, political leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy alleged that a company controlled by Karti Chidambaram, the son of Minister of Finance P. Chidambaram, received a five-percent share of Aircel to get part of ₹40 billion paid by Maxis Communications for the 74-percent share of Aircel. According to Swamy, Chidambaram withheld Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance of the deal until his son received the five-percent share in Siva's company.[36] The issue was raised a number of times in Parliament by the opposition, which demanded Chidambaram's resignation.[37] Although Chidambaram and the then ruling Congress government denied the allegations,[38] The Pioneer and India Today reported the existence of documents showing that Chidambaram delayed approval of the foreign direct investment proposal by about seven months.[36][39][40] It was alleged that Chidambaram's son, Karti was a direct beneficiary of the 2G spectrum case. His company, Advantage Strategic Consulting had a five per cent stake in Aircel Televentures, even as his father P Chidambaram, as Finance minister, was alleged to have offered FIPB clearance for the Aircel-Maxis deal only if his son's company, Advantage Strategic Consulting, got shares in Aircel Ventures.[41] The Enforcement Directorate is currently investigating his involvement in Aircel deal.[42] In 2012, and, subsequently, in 2016, information of wide-scale corruption by Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram and Robert Vadra, with the help of his father's position, including through the Airtel–Maxis deal and the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam, was unveiled in prominent newspapers and media in India.[43] Simultaneously, Chidambaram and his son Karti have been dogged with allegations of corruption, misuse of position, insider trading and money laundering.

Imprisonment[edit]

On 20 August 2019, the Delhi High Court dismissed both anticipatory bail pleas of Chidambaram in connection with corruption charges in the INX Media case during his tenure as Finance minister in UPA Government.[43][44][27][45] On 21 August, he appeared at the Congress HQ and addressed a press conference stating that he was "not accused"; however, he left the place, and, later, he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate at his home.[46][47][48] On 5 September 2019, Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against rejection of anticipatory bail plea by Delhi High Court. The Special Court ordered Chidambaram to stay in judicial custody in Tihar Jail for 14 days. On 4 December he was granted bail by the supreme court.[49]

Books, research papers and journals[edit]

Chidambaram is a published author of several books.

Books[edit]

  • Fearless in Opposition: Power and Accountability (Publisher: Rupa Publications India; ISBN 978-8129145291)
  • Standing Guard: A Year in Opposition (Publisher: Rupa Publications India; ISBN 978-8129139627)
  • Speaking Truth to Power: My Alternative View (Publisher: Rupa Publications India; ISBN 978-8129151063)
  • Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India (Publisher: Rupa Publications India; ISBN 978-9353333737)
  • A View from the Outside: Why Good Economics Works for Everyone (Publisher: Penguin India; ISBN 978-0670081165)

Books featuring Chidambaram[edit]

  • An Agenda for India's Growth: Essays in Honour of P. Chidambaram (Publisher: Academic Foundation; ISBN 978-9332700093)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ↑ Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Suresh Prabhu, Sharad Yadav elected to Rajya Sabha – The Economic Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com (3 June 2016). Retrieved on 2016-08-18.
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  42. ↑ "Chidambaram expected to appear before ED on Tuesday in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case". 4 June 2018.
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