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New Delhi, Aug 20: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that the suspension had prevented him from visiting his Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu for the past eight-nine months. “I am happy to be back (in the party). Since the elections are just a few months away, now I can go my constituency and nurture it…nurse my constituency,” IANS quoted Aiyar saying.
Former Union Minister Aiyar lost his Lok Sabha seat, Mayiladuthurai, in the 2009 election. Asked if he was given any instruction by the party to avoid personal remarks on any leader, Aiyar said: “I don’t want to comment on the (party) high command.”
The Congress party on Saturday revoked the suspension of senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who was suspended last year during the Gujarat Assembly elections. “Honourable Congress president has approved the recommendations of the Central disciplinary committee of AICC for revocation or suspension of Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the Congress party with immediate effect,” a statement was issued by Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot said.
On December 7, 2017, Aiyar was suspended from the primary membership of the party following his ‘neech’ remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Accusing PM Modi of playing “dirty politics”, Aiyar had called him a “neech aadmi (low life)”. Mujhko lagta hai ki ye aadmi bahut neech kisam ka aadmi hai, isme koi sabhyata nahi hai, or aise make par is kisam ki gandi rajniti karne ki kya avashyakta hai?” (This man is a low-life person. He has no culture, standard. What was the need to practice such dirty politics?),” Aiyar had said referring to PM Modi’s taunt targeting Rahul Gandhi.
Asked about dialogue with Pakistan, Aiyar said, “I have been saying this for the past 40 years that an uninterrupted dialogue should be taken place with Pakistan.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his new Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan that India desires “constructive engagement” with Islamabad but Pakistan quickly clarified that there is no offer of a bilateral dialogue.
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