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Minister of Finance of India and politician P. Chidambaram says,"I think Rajiv Gandhi knew he was losing the elections but he was not ready to admit it. In the south, of course, we were winning but in the North, we were losing. When he was in opposition he was a very different person. He was the much better idea of men and matters whom you could trust, whose judgment you can rely upon that's when I think I| became rather close to him in the sense of working with him virtually throughout the day. And he shared with me a number of confidences, perceptions, judgments and I would give him. We disagreed also. We disagreed on a number of key matters." Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician and attorney who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and formerly served as the