Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram was heckled by his own party workers as he reached the Calcutta High Court to fight a case against a party colleague - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Lawyers representing Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a case against the Trinamool Congress-led state government were seen protesting and showing black flags to P Chidambaram.\

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had filed public interest litigation (PIL) against the Bengal government alleging corruption in the sale of the state government's stake in Metro Dairy to a private company, Keventers, in 2015. P Chidambaram was representing Keventers in this case.

After Chidambram faced protests by lawyers representing Chowdhury in the PIL, the Congress state president stated that there might have been some misunderstanding and one's professional life should be kept away from one's political life.

"I didn't know that Chidambaram was in Kolkata. I personally feel that our supporters became emotional and this happened. Politics and professional life are different. Chidambaram is a very, very senior leader of Congress and I have a very good friendship with him," Chowdhury said after the incident.

(With inputs from agencies)