Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Turns 74, Mocks Government

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who celebrated his 74th birthday in Tihar jail, on Monday mocked at the Modi government’s plan to achieve $5 trillion economy mark by 2024 saying no country has achieved the GDP growth of 8 percent without exports growing at 20 percent a year. Chidambaram, also said that the greetings from friends, party colleagues and well wishers remind him that he is 74-years young. Chidambaram, who has been lodged in Asia’s high-security Tihar jail in connection with the INX media case, in a series of tweets said, “I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: My family have brought me greetings from friends, party colleagues and well-wishers. I am reminded that I am 74-years-old. Indeed I am, but at heart I feel 74-years young. Thank you all, my spirits have been lifted higher.” Slamming the government over its target of achieving $5 trillion economy by 2024, the former Finance Minister said, “My thoughts today are about the economy. Just one statistic tells the story. Export growth in August was — 6.05 per cent. (IANS)

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