EC takes note Chidambaram’s comments on Modi

The Election Commission is looking into certain comments made by Home Minister P Chidambaram against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference held at the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in Delhi.

The Election Commission is looking into certain comments made by Home Minister P Chidambaram against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference held at the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in Delhi.

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The issue was discussed in the Commission to find out whether Chidambaram made those remarks while addressing a press conference in PIB on the issue of shifting of IPL outside India, EC sources said.

Taking on Modi, who had described the shifting of the IPL as a “national shame”, the Home Minister had said on March 23 that most people in India thought that the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 were a “national shame”.

“What is a national shame? Most people in India think that the Gujarat communal riots in 2002 were a national shame. That the Supreme Court should have thought it fit to reject the investigations conducted by the Gujarat Police and to constitute an SIT to re-investigate 14 cases is a matter which brought shame to the fair name of Gujarat,” Chidambaram had said.