New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday backed former finance minister P. Chidambaram a day after he accused the government of a 'malicious onslaught' against his family, saying he has reasons to believe why this 'witch-hunt' is on.

'Well, Mr. Chidambram seems to have reasons to believe that since he has been out of office, all these kinds of witch-hunts are happening. People in this country don't have total faith in the credibility and honesty of our investigative agency,' NCP leader Majeed Memon told ANI.