Chidu has used up his nine lives: It’s time for him to go

Such is the mystical power that Chidambaram wields that his Cabinet colleagues, many of whom themselves loathe his supercilious arrogance, will come out batting for him and defending him publicly against the gravest charges. A lesser man than Chidambaram would have long been considered a political liability and thrown overboard – even by a government that has lowered the bar of accountability standards to the supremely low. But Chidambaram is the consummate survivor: he is the cat with nine lives.

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