Nominated to contest from Sivaganga instead of his father, Karti Chidambaram said it was a great honour to contest on a Congress ticket from the area but ruled out the possibility that his father was retiring from politics.
"It is a great honour to contest as a Congress candidate from Sivaganga," he told CNN-IBN after his nomination was announced.
The finance minister's son also said that his father had a massive reputation but that he was his own man.
Karti Chidambaram said he is honoured to be contesting from the seat. Firstpost image
Karti also ruled out that not contesting the elections did not mean that he was retiring for politics.
"He's not contesting but he's not retiring from public life and politics. There will be opportunities for him in politics," he said.
P Chidambaram is expected to be nominated for the Rajya Sabha by the Congress. The finance minister had won the 2009 election by the narrowest of margins, over 3,300 votes, but had the backing of the DMK at the time since it was allied with the Congress.
However, Karti isn't intimidated by the lack of alliance and said he's aware of political realities on the ground in the state.
"AIADMK has no alliance, DMK doesn't have a national alliance. It is a new situation," Karti said.
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