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Markets reacting to govt's poor handling of coronavirus crisis: Chidambaram

Former FM says markets have taken a dim view of the 'virtually coerced investment by SBI and private sector banks in the equity of failed YES Bank'

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He said, There may be advantage in doing a video conference with SAARC member nations. But I think it is more important for the PM to confer immediately with the chief ministers

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Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday blamed the sharp decline in benchmark stock indices on the government’s poor handling of the coronavirus crisis facing the country.

The BSE benchmark Sensex and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty suffered a sharp decline in early trading on Monday. At 12:20 pm, the Sensex was 1,817 points, or 5.33 per cent lower than its previous close, at 32,287. The Nifty was down 507 points, or 5.09 per cent, at 9,448.

In a series of Twitter posts, Chidambaram said: “As expected the market has taken a dim view of the virtually

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