The Chidambarams were granted exemption after an application was moved, saying the accused were busy in the assembly election campaign in Tamil Nadu.

Karti Chidambaram has been asked to file an undertaking about his flight schedule and return date to India.

P. Chidambaram, the former union minister, is currently lodged in Tihar in the INX Media corruption case.

The chargesheet against Chidambaram in INX Media case is akin to producing a dead rat. It trivialises the case and raises questions about the credibility of the accusations.

They said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating team is following the procedure after a local court on Tuesday allowed the central agency to interrogate the senior Congress leader in this case.

The prime minister Modi was speaking in Ranchi in poll-bound Jharkhand after launching a slew of measures including ambitious pension schemes for farmers, shopkeepers and self-employed persons

P. Chidambaram was last week sent to Tihar jail till September 19 in the INX Media corruption case, two weeks after he was arrested by CBI from his Delhi residence.

Weeks after he was arrested by CBI from his Delhi residence, Chidambaram was sent to Tihar until September 19 by a Special Court despite his lawyers requesting against it.

The court said the probes in the Aircel-Maxis cases have been highly belated by both the agencies as almost entire material was in their possession since the beginning.

The ED had been questioning Shivakumar over the past five days, and the Congress has accused the BJP of 'vindictively targeting' opposition leaders.