The Congress leader's attack came a day after Modi in an address to the nation announced the repeal of the three agri laws that had triggered a year of protests by farmers.
The government on Wednesday cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by a record Rs 5 and Rs 10 per liter to help bring down rates down from their highest-ever levels.
Petrol and diesel prices witnessed a hike for the fifth consecutive day across the country on Sunday.
"I feel helpless when we cannot start meaningful conversations within party forums. I also feel hurt and helpless when I see pictures of Congress workers raising slogans outside the residence of a colleague and MP. The safe harbour to which one can withdraw seems to be silence," Congress leader P Chidambaram wrote on Twitter.
Senior Congress Leader Chidambaram also questioned the absence of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah from debates during the session and alleged that the "two-man army" BJP government has "scant respect" for Parliament and if the "two gentlemen have their way, they will lock down Parliament".
Chidambaram also asked if prices had not changed as all chiefs of oil marketing companies were in quarantine until Aug 15 or all those reasons were responsible for it.
Attacking the government, Chidambaram said another case of misuse of Pegasus spyware has been revealed now with France's national cybersecurity agency confirming that Pegasus spyware was infiltrated into phones belonging to two journalists of Mediapart, an investigative journal in France.
On Friday, former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on described Pegasus as a weapon and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The former home minister said he was not sure that one can go to the extent of saying that the entire electoral mandate of 2019 was vitiated by the "unlawful snooping" but added that it may have "helped" the BJP to score that victory which has been "tainted" by the allegations.
Sources revealed that former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath is the frontrunner to be the next Congress president.
Nearly two years after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two UTs and revocation of its special status, PM Modi on Thursday held talks with top political leaders
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram claimed Punjab Government on impertinent vaccination drive.
The Prime Minister said the Centre will procure 75 per cent of the total production of the vaccine doses and provide them free to the states. No state government would be spending anything on vaccines.
In a statement on Wednesday, Chidambaram said, "GST started as a good idea, BJP converted it into a bad law. It was notified with horrendous rates of tax."
Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that it has shown its real face in the West Bengal manifesto.
BJP MP Tapir Gao has claimed that China has built a 100-house village in the "disputed area" deep into the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Invoking US democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday asked voters in Bihar to "choose hope over fear and truth over lies."
Taking a jibe at the advertisement released by the Centre defending the Farm Bills, former Finance Minister P.Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the farmers need many thousand markets all over the country and not just one.
Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed CBI's review petition challenging former Union Minister P. Chidambaram's bail in INX Media case.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said on Twitter: "I had tweeted a few days ago that the day is not far off when the Congress' suggestions will be accepted by the government. A stubborn government has no choice and must listen to experience and wise counsel."
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