Throw Chidambaram out of cabinet, BJP tells Prime Minister

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"After manipulating the results of the Lok Sabha polls, and being attached to corruption cases one after the other, I want to ask what more evidence does the prime minister need against him," he said.

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Accusing Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi of supporting Chidambaram's "corruption", Gadkari said: "Sonia Gandhi has said again and again that she will not tolerate corruption... Why are Sonia Gandhi and the prime minister tolerating Chidambaram's corruption?u00a0

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"If he is not ousted, it means Congress supports his corruption and the wrong means adapted by him to come to the Lok Sabha," he said.u00a0

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The BJP president added that the home minister was also responsible for the 2G spectrum scam and his role needed to be probed.u00a0

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He added that the minister had lost the moral ground to remain in his post.u00a0

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Chidambaram was elected to the Lok Sabha from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu by 3,300 votes against the AIADMK's Raja Kannapan in 2009.u00a0

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Accusing the minister's supporters of manipulating the votes, Kannapan approached the court.u00a0

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Chidambaram had requested that the case be quashed. However, the Madras High Court today refused to dismiss the petition.