"Is he going to appoint himself as a Director of CBI. Modi has said that he will go after Chavan, that is an astonishing statement.
But if he is appointing himself as CBI Director, then he will have to go against several others in his own party from the south of the Vindhyas and east of the Vindhyas. There are several people," he said.
He was asked about Modi's statement against Chavan while ignoring the CBI charge sheet against a BJP MP from Maharashtra, Ajay Sancheti, who has been accused of having eight benami flats in the Adarsh society.
Responding to questions on the SIT 'clean chit' to Modi in post-Godhara riots, Chidambaram said the SIT had limited mandate and did not have all the powers that the police have.
"SIT gave a report, which has been accepted by the first court. That report has been challenged in higher court. The final word is not yet out. It is wrong to describe the SIT report to the first court as a clean chit," he said.
