Hours earlier, Sitharaman told the media that Chidambaram and his family were under the I-T Department scanner for not declaring their assets and incomes in foreign countries and added that it was the "Nawaz Sharif moment" for the Congress party.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been barred from holding public office for life by that country's Supreme Court for not disclosing assets held abroad.
Sitharaman wondered if Congress President Rahul Gandhi would follow suit in Chidambaram's case.
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