October 30, 2017 2:04 AM

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FM Jaitely censures Chidambaram over his remarks of greater autonomy for J&K

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has censured former Home Minister P Chidambaram over his remarks of greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir. <br/><br/>Mr Jaitley in Shimla today said that the Congress leader's comments had come at a very "inopportune" time when the government was dealing with terrorism with a heavy hand and terrorists were on the run.He asked what more rights Mr Chidambaram wanted when all the rights and powers except defence, external affairs, telecommunication and currency were with Jammu and Kashmir. <br/><br/>Asserting that the Kashmir issue was Pakistan's "unfinished agenda post partition", Mr Jaitley said the neighbouring country had been indulging in war and terrorism to create trouble.<br/>'<br/>The Union Minister added that through the efforts of the government, terrorist funding had been squeezed, incidents of stone-pelting by mobs stopped and terrorist were on the run.<br/>

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