Why Chidambaram must quit Cabinet

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is right when he holds that the Madras High Court’s decision ordering the deletion of two of the 21 charges of corrupt electoral practices, even while commending the 19 other charges, is no indictment against him. And he need not quit the cabinet for that reason. He is also right that the mere pendency of an election petition is no reason for seeking his resignation. There are, after all, 111 such petitions pertaining to the 2009 general elections.

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