Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer. P. Chidambaram More Quotes by P. Chidambaram More Quotes From P. Chidambaram Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating. P. Chidambaram self past thinking It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world. P. Chidambaram kyoto country world The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. P. Chidambaram independent police government I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi. P. Chidambaram support party two In income tax, there is no case for amnesty. P. Chidambaram amnesty income cases What we will become depends on us P. Chidambaram depends Congress is not a party which fades when not in power P. Chidambaram fades congress party Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist. P. Chidambaram socialist harvard school I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India. P. Chidambaram agency views people I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively. P. Chidambaram government people thinking Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it. P. Chidambaram welcome criticism purpose Police can only act on intelligence. P. Chidambaram police People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them. P. Chidambaram wiser attributes people All wisdom does not reside in Delhi. P. Chidambaram delhi doe Independence is a very subjective assessment. P. Chidambaram assessment independence subjective A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context. P. Chidambaram economic political government Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling. P. Chidambaram increase tariffs too-much Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many. P. Chidambaram panacea growth I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented. P. Chidambaram labels should thinking If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power. P. Chidambaram taken decision country