CHALLENGING INEVITABILITY

Articulate and combative, lawyer-politician P. Chidambaram asserted that nothing was inevitable in politics despite pundits pointing out that the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance was poised to win a third term in a row.

P. CHIDAMBARAM,
Former Union Minister of Finance and Home Affairs

I THINK THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THE CONGRESS WILL WIN. WHETHER IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, I CANNOT SAY. BUT LET'S ASSUME PM MODI'S PARTY, THE BJP, GETS THE MAJORITY AND FORMS THE GOVERNMENT. SO WE WILL BE IN THE OPPOSITION. OPPOSITION ALSO MATTERS IN A DEMOCRACY, DOESN'T IT?

The day electoral bonds were introduced, I said it was legalised bribery

While the Congress manifesto committee chairman said his party would do better this time, he admitted he couldn't say whether it would form the next government.