How Chidambaram's tweet led to a storm in a tea cup

It seems the common man is not the only one to complain about the exorbitant price of snacks which are sold at airports. On Sunday, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram took to twitter to share his experience of facing something similar.

Chidambaram asked the Twitterati if he was right in declining a cup of tea priced at Rs 135 at the Chennai airport. In another tweet he was surprised to know that there are many who buy coffee at Rs 180. He followed it up with a question asking if he is outdated.

At Chennai Airport Coffee Day I asked for tea. Offered hot water and tea bag, price Rs 135. Horrified, I declined. Was I right or wrong?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1521940235000

Coffee Rs 180. I asked who buys it? Answer was 'many'. Am I outdated?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1521940250000

The tweet from the senior Congress leader generated quite a response on Twitter.

People responded by bringing up the ongoing money laundering case against his son Karti Chidambaram and trolling him for his ignorance over rising prices.

@PChidambaram_IN Karti has enough money if he can afford Singhvi as lawyer. Moreover, his daughter is going to inhe… https://t.co/B7FCiCUFzT
— R Jagannathan (@TheJaggi) 1521947246000

@TheJaggi @PChidambaram_IN The report says PCs son owns franchises of cafe coffee day in malaysia. The news is in t… https://t.co/ehvR5to2UX
— அஹம் ப்ரம்மாஸ்மி (@KadavulNaan) 1521948200000

One of the tweets tried to help the former finance minister in finding a cheap place to have good food at the Chennai airport while another said that people have been paying for expensive snacks at the airport for long.

The tweet managed to become one of the top trends on Twitter.