Aiyar returns, terms ‘neech aadmi’ jibe against PM Modi ‘prophetic’

May 14, 2019

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said that he stands by his ‘neech aadmi’ jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and termed his December 2017 remark about the Prime Minister as ‘prophetic’. ‘I said what I wanted to say in that article, I stand by every word. I have no desire to engage in any argument,” said Aiyar. The Congressman hit yet another low by terming the Prime Minister ‘foul-mouthed’ and added that his ouster is certain on May 23. Aiyar in an article for an online publication, charged PM Modi of being ‘guilty of anti-national activity in trying to ride on the sacrifices of martyrs.’ In the run-up to 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls, Aiyar had referred to Modi as a ‘neech-aadmi’, a remark that cost his party heavily in the state. The Congress leader’s comments were met with sharp criticism by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).