New Delhi: Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived at Tihar Jail here to meet former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been imprisoned in the INX Media case.
According to party leaders, the meeting of the senior Congress leaders lasted for half an hour.
After the meeting, Chidambaram, through his family, thanked the party leadership for meeting him and said as long as the Congress is strong and brave, “I will also be strong and brave”.
“I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: I am honoured that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh called on me today. As long as the Congress party is strong and brave, I will also be strong and brave,” he said in a series of tweets.
In an apparent jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks in Houston, Chidambaram said, “Everything is fine in India. Except for unemployment, loss of existing jobs, lower wages, mob violence, lockdown in Kashmir and throwing Opposition leaders in prison.” (IANS)
