BJP in a strongly worded letter has demanded an apology from Finance Minister P Chidambaram after the latter claimed that BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has delivered his first lesson in economics. Chidambaram based his statement on a report in The Indian Express. Much to the Minister’s discomfort, the Indian Express, on Sunday has issued a clarification.

The paper has clarified: “The Indian Express had inadvertently used inflation instead of economic crisis in the report. The error is regretted.”

BJP national spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman in a Press statement said, “Through his hurried statement, typically worded with pompousness and put-on sarcasm, P Chidambaram has only rushed to cover-up his failures to manage the economy. The Minister has failed to check what actually was said by Narendra Modi.  Had he only checked the speech, P Chidambaram would have known that ‘aarthiksankat’ were the exact words used and not ‘inflation.’”