Do you agree with PM when he praises Chidambaram for ‘enlightened leadership’?

GN Bureau | December 27, 2011



Embattled union home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram got the much-needed relief when prime minister Manmohan Singh showered lavish praise on him in front of his home crowd in Sivaganga on Monday.

“Since 2004, I have been deriving immense support from his enlightened leadership as finance minister and then as home minister. Whatever task is given to him, he performs with super aplomb,” Singh said in Karaikudi in Sivaganga district, from where Chidambaram won the Lok Sabha elections.

Read the report here: After Pranab, PM showers praise on Chidambaram

Chidambaram has been going through a rough patch for a long time now. He is facing flak from opposition (discreetly also from within the party) over charges that he, as the then union finance minister, had played a role in the 2G spectrum scam. And more recently, he came under a furious attack in parliament over charges of 'conflict of interests' — that he misused his powers as the home minister to help a former client.

So, would you say is there any just reason for the praise?

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