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At a press conference after the meeting, Mukherjee called Chidambaram "our valued colleague" but made it clear that he would make any comments on the issue only after he talks to the Home Minister, Law Minister Salman Khurshid and other party leaders.
Mukherjee said he had to go through all the papers and find out what is the legal implication of it.
Advancing his arrival here from Washington after completing all official engagements there, Mukherjee met the Prime Minister at the New York Palace Hotel and snapped at a reporter who tried to seek details, notwithstanding his caveat that he would not not be commenting on a domestic issue on foreign soil.
"Why should I make comments on domestic issues outside India. I am not a fugitive. I am not leaving the country for all time to come. I know you have infinite inquisitiveness. I am not here to satisfy your infinite inquisitiveness," he said.
Asked about the Opposition parties raking up the 2G issue, Mukherjee sought to downplay it saying "of course it is their job. What else the opposition will do".
"We have seen a lot of such ruckus.....like the raid of Indira Gandhi`s farmhouse. We will have to live with it. It happens sometimes," he said.
Mukherjee, who was in Washington for IMF and World Bank meetings, said he has not cut short his visit nor cancelled any of his meetings.
"I spent almost one hour with him (Prime Minister)," the Minister said adding that he had briefed Singh on his interactions with leaders from America and Europe.
The Finance Minister, who will return to Delhi tomorrow, said he would be leaving for Kolkata soon after and hence he wanted to brief the Prime Minister.
Mukherjee said he had wished the Prime Minister for his birthday tomorrow and presented a bouquet.
Ever since the Finance Ministry note surfaced, the Opposition parties have been baying for Chidambaram`s blood.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister had fully backed Chidambaram and ruled out any infighting among the ministers.
"I don`t know what note you are talking about. The whole 2G matter is before the court. I don`t want to comment on a matter that is sub judice", he had told journalists accompanying him from Frankfurt to New York.
"As far as Mr P Chidambaram is concerned, as Finance Minister, he had enjoyed my full confidence and as Home Minister he continues to enjoy and inspire my full confidence," he had said.
