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Speaking to media at Jantar Mantar, Karti said, "I have never met Indrani Mukherjea. I have never met Peter mukherjea". However, he said, the only time he met her was during the CBI interrogation in Byculla jail.He added, "I don't go to my farther's (P. Chidambaram's) office. Earlier he had said, "I never met anyone in FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board), don't know the process of FIPB."This is a clear contradiction to what Indrani had said to the ED. In a statement recorded on February 17, 2018, Indrani had reportedly claimed that Karti had asked them (Mukherjeas) for a bribe of $1 million when they met in Delhi's Hyatt hotel. This statement now forms a part of court documents.A day after former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested and shooed away to the CBI headquarters, his son and MP Karti Chidambaram landed in Delhi to protest against his father's arrest and strategise the legal fight ahead.Before leaving for Delhi, he blamed the BJP government for his father's arrest. "The government is of the BJP. Who else (would have done that)?", said Karti while speaking to media just before leaving for Delhi.Upon landing in Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport, the MP son of P. Chidambaram once again targeted the CBI and announced his plans to protest at jantar mantar against his father's arrest."This is not merely targeting of my father but the targeting of Congress party. I will go to Jantar Mantar to protest", said Karti.Meanwhile, DMK chief MK Stalin too backed Chidambaram. His party is holding a protest today in Delhi against the abrogation of Article 370 of constitution. But now, they are also expected to protest against the arrest of the former finance minister who also hails from Tamilnadu.Stalin too called the arrest a 'political vendetta' but expressed hope that Chidambaram will face the case legally, "Chidambaram is a legal expert. He will for sure face the case legally."Meanwhile other traditional allies of the Congress have been muted in their support for Chidambaram.The former finance minister is accused of granting a FIPB clearance for foreign direct investment (FDI) to INX Media when he was the finance minister during UPA, in exchange of alleged bribes paid to his son Karti Chidambaram.( With inputs from IANS )

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday produced former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram before a special CBI court here, a day after he was arrested by the probe agency in a corruption case related to INX Media scam. ...

Calling Congress leader P Chidambaram's arrest 'political vendetta', DMK chief MK Stalin on Thursday condemned the incident and said it is a matter of shame for India. ...

Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram was whisked away from the CBI headquarters here on Thursday, hoodwinking a mob and the media gathered at the main entrance. ...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday condemned the arrest of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and said he is being investigated due to the vindictiveness of the central government. ...

Refuting Congress party's charge of political vendetta, Minister of State for Home affairs, G Kishan Reddy on Thursday asserted that the government and his party BJP have no role in the arrest of P Chidambaram by the CBI in connection with the INX me ...

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday accused senior Congress leader P Chidambaram of not adhering to law of the land while stating that if he is an offender, he will be punished. ...

Congress Member of Parliament Msh Tewari on Thursday called the arrest of former Home Minister P Chidambaram by Central Bureau of Investigation in the INX Media case as 'unconstitutional' and 'undemocratic'. ...

Rubbishing claims of Enforcement Directorate (ED), Karti Chidambaram, who is also an accused in INX Media case along with his father P. Chidambaram, said he never met Peter or Indrani Mukherjea. ...