NEW DELHI: Launching a stinging attack on Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday called the Gujarat Chief Minister a ‘compulsive liar’ Commenting on the “recounting minister” description given by Modi in reference to him, Chidambaram said even he can call the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate an ‘encounter CM’. [1]
“He (Modi) makes many false claims, I can also call him ‘encounter CM’,” said Chidambaram. Addressing a rally in Chennai earlier this year, the Gujarat CM, in an apparent reference to Chidambaram’s 2009 victory in Lok Sabha polls from Sivaganga after a recounting of votes, said: “UPA government has a recounting minister. He lost (the election) but won in recounting. He is from Tamil Nadu. He thinks he was the first in the queue when God was distributing knowledge.”