Chidambaram On Food Prices

• 'Deliberate distortion' of my comments, says Chidambaram: Full statement

  Home Minister P Chidambaram while addressing a press conference in Bangalore yesterday had made a comment that people were prepared to pay Rs 15 for a bottle of water and Rs 20 for a cone ice-cream, but protest against rise in wheat and rice price. However today, the Union Minister issued a press statement to clarify his stand.

• Citizens willing to pay Rs 15 for bottle of water, but won't pay Rs 1 more for a kilo of rice: Chidambaram

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• BJP slams government over split views on inflation

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today over his remarks on inflation alleging that it exposed fissures in the Union Cabinet and the Congress over the sensitive issue of price rise.The BJP's attack came after Chidambaram voiced his concern over spiralling prices. The former finance minister had said "there ...