Government has turned out to be an incompetent manager of the Indian economy, P Chidambaram said
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram addresses press conference in party office in Delhi after being released on bail.
Chidambaram is set to be the party's lead speaker on economic issues in the remainder of the winter session of Parliament and will address a press conference on Thursday
Soon after the apex court granted bail, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said Chidambaram's over 100 days of incarceration was 'vengeful and vindictive'
The bench said that he would not tamper with the evidence or attempt to intimidate or influence the witnesses in the case
Besides Crohn's disease, Chidambaram also suffers from Dyslipidemia, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Glycemia and Prostatomegaly according to his advocates
SC disapproves of the manner in which Delhi HC recorded findings relating to the alleged offence
The ED had arrested him on October 16 in the money laundering case
Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar also granted relief to former OSD to finance minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga and former FIPB director Prabodh Saxena
Former OSD to finance minister Pradeep Kumar Bagga and former FIPB director Prabodh Saxena also moved bail pleas in the case.
CBI had also told the court at the Rouse Avenue Complex that it has necessary sanctions to prosecute all the accused including the public servants in the INX Media case
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, told the court that Chidambaram continues to wield 'substantial influence' on crucial witnesses even from custody
Chidambaram was first arrested by the CBI on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the top court on October 22
The counsel for the 74-year old senior Congress leader did not oppose ED's plea
He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court.
According to a senior party leader, Rahul and Priyanka will visit Chidambaram at around 9 am.
The 74-year-old former finance minister has approached the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court November 15 verdict which denied him bail in the INX Media money laundering case
The senior Congress leader was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money-laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court
Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar passed the order on a plea filed by the agency
The ED, probing the money laundering case, had arrested Chidambaram last month