P Chidambaram parries questions on controversial 2G note

NEW DELHI: Home Minister P Chidambaram today parried questions on the truce between him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the controversial 2G note and whether he had offered to quit during the crisis.

At his monthly press conference on the Home Ministry's working, a reporter asked him whether yesterday's truce was a defeat for Mukherjee and a win for you.

"I don't recall anything of that in the Ministry of Home Affairs," Chidambaram said.

"Frankly, I have a very short memory," he told a reporter when asked whether he had offered to resign.

"How many times have you offered to resign?," a reporter persisted.

"Along with short memory, I am also poor in counting," the Home Minister shot back.

"At least once?," the reporter tried yet again. "Actually, I am learning numeracy," Chidamabarm said.