"If you are in government, you must govern. If you can't govern, just quit," the 68-year-old leader said.
"The line that divides agitation and anarchy is a very thin line. They may have crossed it in the last few days," he said. (Rahul Gandhi reportedly upset with Sushil Kumar Shinde for Arvind Kejriwal compromise)
This despite Mr Chidambaram acknowledging the stunning debut made by Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which toppled the 15-year Congress rule in the recent Delhi elections. "The emergence of AAP is an urban rejection of mainstream parties," he said.
The senior Congress leader also hit out at the BJP, accusing it of having a "regressive" and "incoherent" economic policy.
"The BJP's economic policy is retrograde and regressive. I have not heard a set of policies from the BJP that translates into a coherent macroeconomic policy," Mr Chidambaram said on the sidelines of the Davos economic forum on Wednesday.
On the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, due by May, the senior Congressman said he expects a "fractured mandate" as the most likely outcome. "But I am confident that one of the two major political parties will emerge with a coalition government on the horizon with fewer, stable parties," he said.
The Finance Minister earlier today also said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be the PM if Congress forms government at the Centre, a position at variance with party president Sonia Gandhi's, who only days ago had ruled out the proposal. (If Congress forms government, Rahul Gandhi will be PM: Chidambaram)
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