Pranab And 2g

• Sad, anxious about Parliament disruptions, says President Pranab Mukherjee

  President Pranab Mukherjee has said he is "sad and anxious" that Parliament is frequently disrupted and has reminded elected representatives that they get their jobs after "begging people for their votes."

• Blog: 2G controversy in Pranab's Chennai visit

  Away from the almost mutual admiration society between Pranab da and Karunanidhi and the colourful welcome and grand feast hosted in the UPA Presidential nominee's honour on Saturday, a controversy has erupted over the start of the former Union Finance Minister's campaign in Chennai.

• Blog: Pranab's tainted launch?

  Pranab Mukherjee's Chennai stop to kick start his Presidential campaign is bound to raise many uncomfortable questions. Should the UPA's Presidential candidate launch his campaign at the doorstep of a party Chief whose flock, including his daughter, are accused and were put behind bars for their alleged role in the 2G scam?

• PM meets senior ministers to discuss 2G verdict fallout

  A high-level meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior ministers like Salman Khurshid, Pranab Mukherjee and Kapil Sibal is currently underway in New Delhi to review the rules that will apply for an auction of 2G spectrum. Attorney General GE Vahanvati is also present at the meeting.

• 2G note row: Emails back Pranab Mukherjee's rebuttal

  A month ago, Pranab Mukherjee had emphatically stated that an inference about his fellow minister P Chidambaram in a controversial note on the telecom scam was not his. Email exchanges between the Cabinet Secretariat and the Finance Ministry, that NDTV has now accessed, seem to support Mr Mukherjee's assertion. The emails show that officials in the...

• Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) wants more details on Pranab's 2G note

  The Finance Ministry's note, which seemed to hint that a section of the government questioned whether Mr Chidambaram acted strongly enough, provided a windfall to the opposition and led to new demands that his role be formally investigated by the CBI. The Supreme Court is now considering that option.

• Pranab-Chidambaram truce was a farce, says Jaitley

  As the two-day national executive meet of the BJP concluded today in New Delhi, the party, not mincing any words in its attack on the government on the recent 2G note row, called the truce between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram a farce.

• Did Chidambaram offer to resign? Memory loss, he jokes

  P Chidambaram did not blink today when he was asked if he had offered to resign at the height of what's known as the 2G note controversy. "I have a short memory," the Home Minister said at a press briefing, "I do not remember whether I offered to resign."

• BJP's attack on Chidambaram continues

  While Finance Minister Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram may have patched up their differences, the BJP is keeping up the attack on the Home Minister.

• 2G note: Govt says matter is closed, but legal battle continues

  In a show of unity, Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram, both principals in a blockbuster political drama , appeared together to make a brief statement on Thursday on the infamous "2G note" and declared the matter closed. The courtroom battle, however, still continues.

• 2G note controversy: Pranab, Chidambaram say matter's closed; BJP disagrees

  In the first sign that a truce has been reached, senior ministers P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee appeared together, surrounded by other senior ministers, as Mr Mukherjee read out a short statement. After which Mr Chidambaram stepped forward to endorse it.

• 2G note: Pranab meets Sonia, may address press with Chidambaram later

  Congress President Sonia Gandhi wants the 2G note crisis resolved by end of day, says sources, and she has been holding a series of meetings, including a two-hour-long discussion with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at her 10 Janpath residence today. Sources said she was also likely to meet Home Minister P Chidambaram.

• 2G war: Govt burns midnight oil, senior ministers meet Pranab

  It's been a week of all-nighters for the Congress as the ruling party tries to find a way to wriggle out of the 2G note mess. Top-level huddles continue - late last night, three ministers met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, hours after he wrote an explanation to the Prime Minister detailing the hows and whys of the controversial note sent out fr...

• 2G note storm: PM likely to meet Sonia, Pranab today

  An avalanche of acerbic words from the Opposition has greeted the Prime Minister on his return home. In the BJP's words, his immediate task is to "clean up his house." The Prime Minister has met his Home Minister P Chidambaram fleetingly; he is expected to meet both him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee later in the day. But before that, he is...

• UPA 2G war: PM's first meeting with Chidambaram over lunch

  The Prime Minister is back in the country and Congress president Sonia Gandhi is expected to meet him on Wednesday, before he meets Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram, his two senior ministers believed to be at war over a Finance Ministry note to the Prime Minister's Office questioning Mr Chidambaram's actions when 2G licences were being allotted.