New Delhi: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday again attacked Home Minister P. Chidambaram, this time for reading out in the Lok Sabha Thursday a clarification from his son on his business interests in telecom operator Aircel, saying it was against the rules.
As the house met for the day Friday morning, BJP members were on their feet raising the issue, with Yashwant Sinha, who had taken up the matter Thursday, leading the charge. Chidambaram was not in the house when the BJP members raised the matter.
Though Speaker Meira Kumar called for taking up the scheduled question hour, the BJP members did not relent.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, however, refused to respond to the issue, saying the matter did not relate to his ministry. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, supporting Sinha, said the statement of Chidambaram Thursday, when he read out a clarification issued by his son, Karti Chidambaram, was against rules. (IANS)
