01-08-2006, 11:09 PM
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Mumbai, January 7: Finance Minister P Chidambaram's refusal to answer a query in Hindi on Thursday in Mumbai threw the media off balance.
Media persons were a bit surprised when Mr Chidambaram told reporters at the function organised by Bank of Baroda (BoB), "I cannot answer this question
if you put it in Hindi, (after a pause), unless you have a translator."
A reporter from a Hindi news channel asked the finance minister on the sidelines of the function whether the present rally of the Sensex at 9,640.29 points was unexpected and whether it was a bubble.
Interestingly, the scribes were trying to find reasons for Mr Chidambaram's denial this time, when on earlier visits to Mumbai he replied in English to the questions posed in Hindi.
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Mumbai, January 7: Finance Minister P Chidambaram's refusal to answer a query in Hindi on Thursday in Mumbai threw the media off balance.
Media persons were a bit surprised when Mr Chidambaram told reporters at the function organised by Bank of Baroda (BoB), "I cannot answer this question
if you put it in Hindi, (after a pause), unless you have a translator."
A reporter from a Hindi news channel asked the finance minister on the sidelines of the function whether the present rally of the Sensex at 9,640.29 points was unexpected and whether it was a bubble.
Interestingly, the scribes were trying to find reasons for Mr Chidambaram's denial this time, when on earlier visits to Mumbai he replied in English to the questions posed in Hindi.
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