Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram signs up for Twitter

Chennai, May 25: Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has joined the popular micro blogging site Twitter and says he is on board for sharing serious views.

"Hello! On #Twitter for sharing serious commentary on contemporary issues.,"he said in his first Tweet posted at 11.25 pm on Sunday.

Hello! On #Twitter for sharing serious commentary on contemporary issues...

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) May 25, 2015

His official Twitter handle is https: //twitter.com/PChidambaram_IN. As already some persons have Twitter accounts by the same name "P Chidambaram", some had requested the former minister's son Karti who is on the micro blogging site since 2009 to confirm if it was a genuine Twitter account of his father.

He confirmed it and, replying to some of the queries on his father's Twitter account said "Better late than never." So far, P Chidambaram has made three tweets, he is following seven and has 2,906 followers.

Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, DMK top leaders Karunanidhi, MK Stalin and PMK leader S Ramadoss already have Twitter accounts. However, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa doesn't have one.

PTI