Chidambaram's Maharashtra route to Rajya Sabha irks Shiv Sena

An editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ noted that the ED has sent Letters Rogatory (judicial requests) to UK and Singapore in connection with its money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal case and parallel investigations in the financial dealings of some firms belonging to friends of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti. 

“It has also been alleged that Chidambaram amended the affidavit to drop references to Ishrat Jahan’s LeT link, in order to prove the ‘human bomb’ of LeT innocent,” the editorial said. “Considering all this, Congress has damaged itself by foisting Chidambaram on Maharashtra. The answer to the question whether wisdom will dawn on Congress has come in the negative,” it said. 

“Whom to nominate for Rajya Sabha is its (Congress’) internal issue. But Congress has sinned in fielding Chidambaram, who has no place left in Tamil Nadu,” it said. While Karti denied any wrongdoing, his father P Chidambaram had accused the government of a “malicious onslaught” launched by it against his family.