Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former Union minister and senior Congress figure who has many times in the past found himself in the midst of political storms over his outspoken commentary on political and international affairs, has again triggered a row by endorsing the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala.
Addressing The Debate 2026 event at the Calcutta Club, Aiyar said that “Hindutva is Hinduism in paranoia.”
Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has linked the recent Pahalgam terror attack to the unresolved issues stemming from the Partition of India and the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Kicking up a political row ahead of the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has said China “allegedly” invaded India in October 1962.
After Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar triggered controversy over his "alleged invasion" remark on the 1962 India-China war, Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the latter has apologized and the party distances itself from his original phraseology.
In a sharp reaction to Mani Shankar Aiyar book in which he called that P V Narasimha Rao was the…
Just a month ago emotions were running high in Punjab when the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, expressed regret ~ but declined to tender an official apology ~ for the slaughter at Jallianwalla Bagh.
Aiyar lost his composure over the questions and accused the media of promoting selective quotes.
“Remember how I described him on 7 December 2017? Was I not prophetic?” Aiyar said.
Could there be a more scathing indictment of Mr Modi’s brand of governance (the fulminations of Rahul Gandhi are a comparative pinprick) than the former civil servants making bold to declare.
