Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion: Dear Amit-Bhai, About Your Tweet On Me - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday May 10, 2018

Dear Janab Amit Shah-ji, To go by your tweet on 5/6 May while I was in Pakistan, you were apparently scandalized that on Pakistani soil last week, I referred to Muhammad Ali Jinnah as the Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader). That is a measure not of my treachery but of the ignorance or deliberate distortion of the facts of history that so characterize you ...

BJP Jabs Mani Shankar Aiyar On Jinnah Row: "Congress' Sanskari Freelancer"

India News | ANI | Monday May 7, 2018

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress after suspended party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar praised Muhammad Ali Jinnah amid a controversy surrounding his portrait at the Aligarh Muslim University or AMU. Mr Naqvi told news agency ANI that Mr Aiyar's statement revealed the "true feelings of the Congress party".

Amit Shah Asks Congress Not To Involve Other Nations In India's Politics

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 5, 2018

BJP chief Amit Shah today asked the Congress not to involve foreign nations in India's domestic politics as he wondered why the party involved Pakistan in such matters.

Opinion: At Wuhan Flop Show, Modi Put In His Place By Xi - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday May 1, 2018

Now, as "the tumult and the shouting dies" over the Wuhan summit between Modi and Xi, two major questions remain: first, why were India-China relations in need of a "reset" after some 10 meetings between Modi and Xi over the last four years? Second, what have been the tangible outcomes, if any, of Wuhan? The answer to the first question -- why was ...

Opinion: Modi's Showmanship High, Statesmanship Low

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Friday April 27, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Mandla in Madhya Pradesh on National Panchayat Raj Day, 24 April 2018, to mark the Silver Jubilee of constitutional Panchayati Raj in the country was telling testimony to his total ignorance of why the constitution was amended and what the outcome has been over the last 25 years.

Opinion: Modi's Approach To Israel In Stark Contrast To What Gandhi Sought

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday April 16, 2018

After Independence, all the way from Jawaharlal Nehru through Indira Gandhi to Rajiv Gandhi, India and the Nonaligned Movement had stood four-square behind Palestine because the Palestinian cause was an anti-Imperialist and anti-colonial cause.

Opinion: Modi Second To None In Fake News

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday April 5, 2018

I yield to none in acknowledging Narendra Modi's expertise in fake news. For surely no one in our contemporary politics has propagated and profited more from fake news than Modi has. Three incidents involving me would help me rest my case.

Opinion: Sadly, Ram Guha Wants Muslims To Be More Like Him

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday March 27, 2018

For the past week or so, The Indian Express has been running a fascinating debate on the place of Muslims in our polity and society. Much as I have been tempted to leap into the debate at the Express, I thought I would make my contribution to the much larger audience available at ndtv.com. So, here goes.

Opinion: Siddaramaiah's Outstanding Facebook Post On Modi Vs Federalism

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday March 20, 2018

The problem essentially is that Modi, with Jaitley in tow, mixed up "cooperative federalism" with Centre-State revenue-sharing patterns.

Opinion: Siddaramaiah's Sound Strategy To Defeat BJP In Karnataka

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday March 13, 2018

Instead of letting matters take their quasi-judicial course, Amit Shah started playing political games to strengthen the electoral standing of his party in the forthcoming elections in which the outcome in the state as a whole is going to be substantially determined by who wins the argument over the Mahadayi.

Opinion: Modi Government Uses Army To Speak On Its Behalf

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Sunday March 4, 2018

There is nothing to indicate that the civilian government is enforcing restraint on its Chief of Army Staff.

Opinion: Modi's Actions Leave A Crucial Ally Very Upset, Advantage China

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday February 22, 2018

Now the sun has set on all Empires. It is time India and China came together again. Let Nepal be the link.

Opinion: Why I Said What I Said In Pak

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday February 14, 2018

My parting shot was, "I love Pakistan because I love India".

Congress Leader Hanumantha Rao Wants Rahul Gandhi To Expel Mani Shankar Aiyar Over Pakistan Remark

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday February 13, 2018

An alarmed senior Congress leader and former lawmaker Hanumantha Rao has said he will write to party president Rahul Gandhi requesting him to expel Mani Shankar Aiyar, who was suspended by the party late last year after his "neech" slur against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Will Rahul Gandhi Be Silent?" BJP On Congress Leader's Twitter Jab At PM

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 5, 2018

Congress social media head and Karnataka leader Divya Spandana, popularly known as Ramya, on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondering if he was on "pot", a put-down which invited a sharp response from the BJP by calling it atrocious and "insult" to the masses.