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Analiza Pathak May 29, 2024 8:30 AM IST
Recognising the gravity of the situation, the Congress leader later attempted to clarify his stance, admitting that he should not have used the term "alleged", especially in the midst of an election season.
India.com News Desk May 10, 2024 12:01 PM IST
After Sam Pitroda's controversial 'racist' remarks about people from east and south India Now, another controversial remark has embroiled Congress, with veteran leader Mani Shankar Aiyar.
Gazi Abbas Shahid January 31, 2024 4:36 PM IST
The Jangpura RWA also urged Mani Shankar Aiyar to condemn the actions of his daughter Suranya Aiyar or leave the colony.
India.com News Desk January 21, 2020 7:46 AM IST
Speaking at a rally in Malappuram, Kerala, the Congress veteran also accused the BJP of 'brutally oppressing; the people of the Valley and locking up, at one stage, 4,000 leaders.
India.com News Desk January 14, 2020 10:26 PM IST
While addressing the protesters, the senior Congress leader accused PM Modi of dividing the country and trying to create a disturbance within the Muslim community by introducing CAA in the country.
India.com News Desk September 20, 2019 11:46 AM IST
The Congress leader, in the run-up to the 2017 Gujarat Assembly Elections, infamously called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'neech aadmi'.
India.com News Desk June 23, 2019 9:15 PM IST
Aiyar also claimed that the objective of the BJP is to have a "Gandhi-mukt Congress" which would in turn lead to a "Congress-mukt Bharat".
PTI May 15, 2019 7:07 PM IST
In a veiled dig at Congress leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar and Sam Pitroda, Modi said they were tasked by the party to take responsibility for its poor poll show.
India.com News Desk May 14, 2019 12:16 PM IST
Earlier, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Aiyar's 'chaiwala' remark stoked a controversy. Meanwhile, Aiyar termed his 'neech aadmi' jibe against Modi as prophetic.
India.com News Desk January 7, 2019 11:05 PM IST
Aiyar targeted his own party saying that the then Congress government could have stopped the Babri Masjid demolition.
PTI Feeds November 25, 2018 9:54 PM IST
Not on Twitter, fake account opened in my name: Aiyar
India.com News Desk August 25, 2018 6:58 PM IST
Returning Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar yet again sparked a fresh controversy after he called on the government to have a dialogue with the Hurriyat leaders upon his recent visit to Kashmir. Shankar said that he considered Kashmiris as his own identified himself with them as well.
India.com News Desk August 20, 2018 11:21 PM IST
The Congress party on Saturday revoked the suspension of senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar
India.com News Desk August 20, 2018 1:09 PM IST
Asserting that both countries need to engage, Qureshi said Indian and Pakistan have to move forward keeping realities before them.
India.com News Desk August 18, 2018 10:33 PM IST
On December 7, 2017, Aiyar was suspended from the primary membership of the party following his 'neech' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India.com News Desk August 11, 2018 4:36 PM IST
"Maine nahi socha tha 2014 ke pehle ki ek CM jo Musalmanon ko pilley (puppies) samajhta hai, jab poocha gaya ki aapko dukh hai kya ki itne Musalmanon ko jaan ki kurbaani deni padi 2002 mein, unhone kaha 'ek pilla bhi gaadi ke neeche aa jaaye to dil mein kuch chot lagta hai' (Before 2014, I had never thought that a CM who thinks of Muslims as puppies, when he was asked about whether you have any regrets that so many Muslims lost their lives in 2002, had said that even if a puppy comes under a car, I will feel the pain)" he said.
India.com News Desk May 7, 2018 9:17 PM IST
He said that he was criticised in India for calling Muhammad Ali Jinnah as Quiad-e-Azam.
India.com News Desk May 6, 2018 2:19 PM IST
Suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday made headlines after he appreciated Mohammad Ali Jinnah and called him Quaid-e-Azam, which means, the great leader at an event held in Pakistan. His statement raised many eyebrows as tension boiled over Jinnah's portrait at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
India.com News Desk February 13, 2018 10:41 AM IST
"I love Pakistan because I love India. India should love thy neighbour as thyself,"said Aiyar.
ANI Feeds February 12, 2018 6:39 PM IST
Congress Party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has stirred controversy again, when he said he loved Pakistan as much as India.
ANI Feeds February 12, 2018 6:39 PM IST
Congress Party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has stirred controversy again, when he said he loved Pakistan as much as India.
India.com News Desk January 5, 2018 4:35 PM IST
As soon as Chairman M Venkiah Naidu adjourned the House sine-die and 'Vande Mataram' was rendered, Modi was seen moving towards the Opposition benches shaking hands with some members, including Manmohan Singh.
Shashank Shantanu December 31, 2017 10:21 AM IST
As we prepare to welcome the year 2018, here's a flashback of controversial remarks, there were plenty of them in 2017, that dominated the news space.
India.com News Desk December 12, 2017 2:03 PM IST
Won't Tolerate Such Comments Against Modi, He's The PM: Rahul on Aiyar's Remarks
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