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Khurshid comes to PC defence amid row over INDIA future

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May 17, 2025

AFTER Congress leader P Chidambaram's comments on "the bleak future of Opposition INDIA bloc" sparked a political row on Friday, senior party leader Salman Khurshid said that the former Union Minister's remarks shouldn't be taken out of context and one has to look at his basic approach and sentiment.

- PREETHA NAIR & RAMASHANKAR @ New Delhi/Patna

Chidambaram made the remarks during the launch of "Contesting democratic deficit: An inside story of the 2024 elections," by Congress leader Salman Khurshid and Mritunjay Singh Yadav. Speaking to this paper, Khurshid said that Chidambaram is a valuable colleague and a deep thinking person. "So I don't think that we should take something out of context about what he has said and look at his basic approach and sentiment. I think t

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