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Mani Shankar Aiyar calls Modi ‘neech’; suspended from Congress
December 08, 2017
NEW DELHI/SURAT: Dec 8 (INP) Congress suspended Mani Shankar Aiyar after the former Union minister stoked yet another acrimonious row by describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "neech aadmi". Aiyar's choice of words not only drew a ferocious attack from Modi in Surat but riled his own party functionaries who feared potential damage to its electoral prospects due to the diplomat-turned-politician's foot-in-the-mouth penchant. "He (Modi) is neech kism ka aadmi who has no sabhyata (civility)," Aiyar had said earlier in the day after Modi accused Congress of using Dalit icon B R Ambedkar merely to get votes and trying to erase his contribution in building India. INP/AH/LK
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