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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday condemned Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that the middle class is ready to pay for mineral water and ice cream, but can't bear an increase of even one rupee in the price of wheat and rice, and asked him to apologize to the whole nation for his untoward remark. "Chidambaram who sits in air conditioned rooms, travels in planes and wears foreign spectacles has no pain of the common man. Today, more than 60,000 crore people are in the below poverty line category. They do not even get to eat at one time," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain "But P. Chidambaram thinks that people in the country eat ice cream and drink mineral water like those in the Congress. The Congress, which talks about the common man of this country, is insulting the common man. P. Chidambaram and the government should seek an apology from the people of this country," he added.

BJP asks Chidambaram to apologize for his 'ice cream' remark