New Delhi, March 21 -- Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday came out hard against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking if a person disagreeing with the Government is a "compulsive contrarian", can someone who always agrees with it be called "his master's voice".
The Finance Minister has slammed 108 economists and social scientists as "compulsive contrarians" for raising concern over "political interference" to influence statistical data.
In his blog published on Tuesday, Jaitley had said these "compulsive contrarians" have repeatedly signed memorandums of what he said was manufactured political issues against the present government.
Responding to Jaitley, Chidambaram tweeted: "According to Mr Jaitley, one who disagrees with ...