2G Scam: Chidambaram Offered to Resign

In a new twist in the 2G controversy, sources told that Home Minister P Chidambaram had offered to resign when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called him. Sources say this prompted the prime minister to wholeheartedly back his home minister.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he has full faith in Chidambaram during both his stints as finance and now home minister. He also made it clear that there was no rift between his senior most ministers and that the government was in no mood to give in to pressure from the Opposition. Earlier, a letter written from the finance ministry to the PMO had said that Chidambaram could have stopped the 2G scam.