Did not mock middle class on price rise: Chidambaram
11 Jul 2012
Expressing shock and disgust over the deliberate distortion of his statement in the media over middle class attitude to price rise, home minister P Chidambaram said he did not "mock or chide" anyone.
"He (Chidambaram) is shocked and disgusted by the deliberate distortion of the relevant question and answer at the media briefing in Bangalore on 10.7.2012," a home ministry statement read.
"The Home Minister made a matter-of-fact statement and he did not mock or chide anyone. If the interview is viewed, it will be seen that he spoke in a matter-of-fact manner," it said.
The statement referred to newspaper reports on his press conference yesterday in where in he was quoted as saying that people were prepared to pay Rs20 for an ice cream cone but protest a rupee hike in wheat and rice prices.
The statement pointed out that Chidambaram used the word "we" and not use the words "why do they make so much noise about price rise".
"We are prepared to pay Rs20 for an ice cream cone but won't pay one rupee more for a kilo of wheat or rice," he was quoted as saying in today's statement.
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