Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s Arrest Is Disappointing: Mamata Banerjee

Mumbai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that P Chidambaram’s arrest was “disappointing” and alleged that the judiciary was not coming to the aid of a “crying” democratic system.

“P Chidambaram is an economist, and a former home minister and finance minister. The manner in which he is arrested is disappointing. There are four pillars of democracy: democratic institutions, Election Commission, media and judicial system. ”

“The democratic system of our country is crying, yet the judiciary is not coming to its aid,” she said in a statement issued by the Trinamool Congress here,” she added.

Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI on Wednesday night from his residence here in connection with the INX Media corruption case.

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