All right, Subramanian Swamy often makes sweeping statements against leaders, but this time P.Chidambaram could be sweating it out

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy is characteristic by his sweeping statements inside and outside of courts. Claiming that he has proof of many wrong-doings by various leaders, subjectively chosen by him for blows, he has had many of them run for survival.

Subramanian Swamy is a pastmaster at verbal acrimony in stylish English, enough of Hindi and of course Tamil, and he has been taking worthies to courts on and off. He argues the cases themselves. His writing has also been sometimes controversial, like an article written in DNA (Daily News and Analysis) about Muslims. Only those Muslims who profess to be Hindustanis should have voting rights, according to his article. That is a different matter. And he is facing the music in court about it.

Now for some time, Swamy , who had claimed earlier that he could become the Prime Minister of India provided he has 20 MPs with him, has been out to decimate Home Minister P.Chidambaram. It may be because of his eagerness to find a stalwart co-accused for A.Raja in the 2 G spectrum scam case, or may be intended to browbeat the Congress and generate warmth from the BJP that he is gunning for the scalp of Chidambaram. We may not know whether he has to settle some personal scores with Chidambaram.

Anyway, Chidambaram has to be extra careful, for Swamy has taken out weapons in his armoury, no-holds-barred at that.

The Delhi judge is to make a decision on February 4 whether Chidambaram should be tried in the 2 G case on the basis of the so-called pieces of evidence tendered by Subramanian Swamy. And Chidambaram has the baggage of having had to resign on an earlier occasion.

The issue then involved alleged investments by Chidambaram's wife Nalini in the scam-tainted Fairgrowth Financial Services that had been promoted by banker Bilgi Ratnakar, a close associate of rogue broker Harshad Mehta.

There may or may not be something to nail Chidambaram as claimed by Subramanian Swamy, but it will be a blow for Congress if he is dragged into the case.