text: Chidambaram is an atheist.This fact came to the fore in the 15th swearing in of the Lok Sabha when he and five other ministers namely A K Antony, Sushil Kumar Shinde, M Veerappa Moily, S Jaipal Reddy and C P Joshi refused to take oath in the name of God and preferred to 'solemnly affirm' rather than "solemnly affirm in the name of God" that they would bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution.