Walking out

IN Media Watch Briefs | 02/03/2008

Mr Chidambaram is a minister with a very short fuse. He walked out of two interviews in the past two days, one with the editor of Business World, another with Raghav Bahl of CNBC TV 18. The first was apparently asking him why the Budget was such a big deal in India.  The second insisted that the minister answer the question on where the money for the farm loan waiver was coming from. PC snapped that he did not have to answer anything. Subsequent interviewers were warned not to lead with that question.