Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar here on Tuesday again courted controversy by calling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 'kaatil' (killer) and accused the Narendra Modi government of dividing the country and "trying to create disturbance within the Muslim community".
It would be best that Rahul remains party chief, but at the same time, Rahul's own wishes must also be respected, Aiyar said.
Losing his composure over questions over the issue by reporters, he shook his fist at them and said: "I hate you."
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday slammed the Congress for its leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's justification of his "neech aadmi" jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 and sought its response on that.
After months of silence, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar was back in the news on Tuesday with an article justifying his "neech" jibe against Narendra Modi, and also calling him the most "foul-mouthed" prime minister the country has seen
Mani Shankar Aiyar and the art of embarrassing Congress Party
Aiyar said that no excuse could ever justify as to why this unconstitutional activity was not stopped.
Aiyar said that Article 35A is a right that Kashmiris have for the last so many years and it should remain with them so that they do not feel threatened
Recalling Aiyer's 2014 "chaiwala" jibe at Modi, Patra said that Aiyer's comeback is going to cost the Congress dear again in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Aiyar was suspended in December 2017 after he used a derogatory word against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections.
Expressing surprise over Mani Shankar Aiyar’s reported praise of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday asked the Congress not to involve foreign nations in India’s domestic politics.
Mani Shankar Aiyar calls Jinnah 'Quaid-e-Azam', draws flak from Amit Shah
Aiyar, suspended from the Congress party, also claimed that the mindset in Pakistan has changed after Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s rule.
Speaking at a function in Karachi over the weekend, Aiyar had said, “I love Pakistan because I love India. India should love thy neighbour as thyself”.
Speaking at a function in Karachi over the weekend, Aiyar said, “I love Pakistan because I love India. India should love thy neighbour as thyself”.
Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday dismissed BJP’s allegations of the Congress colluding with Pakistan to defeat the BJP in the recently-concluded Gujarat Assembly elections.
Moily also termed as "unnecessary" Kapil Sibal's statement asking SC to defer hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi case till after the 2019 general elections.
Pakistan's former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri today expressed anguish for being unnecessarily dragged into Indian politics by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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