Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion: Jaitley's Handling Of Fuel Exposes Government's Jitters

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Saturday October 6, 2018

The truth is now out. Arun Jaitley's pretend achievements as Finance Minister have amounted to no more than squeezing the lemon till the pips squeak. They are squeaking so loudly that his government has been compelled to reverse policy and lower by a tithe the zooming prices of petroleum products.

Opinion: Bhagwat's Speech Reflects Concerns About Modi - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday September 24, 2018

Consistency has never been a virtue in the RSS. From VD Savarkar to Dr Hedgewar to 'Guru-ji' Golwalkar to Balasaheb Deoras to Mohan Bhagwat, opportunism has marked the politics of the RSS even though they have ever cleaved to a 'Hindu Rashtra' as their ideological goal.

Opinion: What Alagiri Vs Stalin Means For Amit Shah - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday September 12, 2018

Amit Shah's desperate attempt to find a foothold in the state by hook or by crook is simply not taking off because even the various factions of the AIADMK find the BJP an embarrassment; Dinkaran is behind none in denouncing the Modi government; Kamal Haasan has firmly ruled out having any truck with Modi-Shah; and, for the DMK-Congress, of course, ...

Opinion: Rafale Lies Are Flying About - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday September 5, 2018

The government may have its explanations. The Raksha Mantri seemed about a year ago more than ready to spill the information. Then she clamped down - or was made to clamp down. Just as the lies they told about Bofors were eventually exposed, the truth about Rafale will also be exposed.

Involve Hurriyat In Dialogue Process, Says Mani Shankar Aiyar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday August 26, 2018

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Saturday that Hurriyat should be included in every dialogue process, adding that Article 35A must remain a part of the Constitution to ensure that the people of Jammu and Kashmir do not feel threatened.

Opinion: BJP Reaction To Sidhu's Pak Hug Is Typical

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday August 21, 2018

Sidhu did no more than "do in Rome what the Romans do". Giving a hug to Bajwa would have received only passing notice if the BJP had not, as they always do, sought to communalize the issue and create salience between "Pakistani" and "Muslim" to push forward their divisive agenda.

"Can Visit My Constituency Now": Mani Shankar Aiyar On Revoked Suspension

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 21, 2018

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose suspension has been revoked by the party, said the suspension had prevented him from visiting his Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu for the past eight-nine months and now he can go to his constituency ahead of the general elections in 2019.

Rahul Gandhi Says I'm For Love, His Love Mani Shankar Aiyar Is Back: BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 19, 2018

The BJP today took on Rahul Gandhi over the revocation of suspension from his party of Mani Shankar Aiyar, who had used objectionable language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it exposed the Congress chief and his "love for a person of many controversies".

Mani Shankar Aiyar's Suspension Revoked By Congress

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday August 19, 2018

Mani Shankar Aiyar's suspension for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi" last year has been revoked, the Congress said on Saturday. The decision was taken following recommendation by its disciplinary committee, the party said.

Opinion: My Rapport With And Respect For Atal-ji - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday August 16, 2018

He was, above all, a truly outstanding parliamentarian, so outstanding that soon after he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1957, Pandit-ji was telling his confidantes within months that young Atal Bihari seemed to have in him the makings of a future Prime Minister. Two incidents when Atal-ji was still in his 30s illustrate this assessment.

Opinion: Karunanidhi Remembered By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday August 7, 2018

A great voice has been stilled. For over 50 years, Kalaignar Karunanidhi carried the Dravidian Movement on his strong shoulders.

Opinion: It Was Not Nehru Who Cut Jinnah's Chances Of Being PM

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Wednesday August 15, 2018

It was not Nehru's aching desire to be PM but principally Jinnah himself, Mountbatten and his staff, the Congress Working Committee and eventually a despairing Gandhi-ji who gave up on this will o' the wisp of keeping India united by making Jinnah PM.

Opinion: Amit Shah's "Mistake" About Rajiv Gandhi - By Mani Shankar Aiyar

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday August 9, 2018

While Amit Shah alluded in his intervention in parliament to Rajiv Gandhi having announced the accord during his Independence Day address to the nation next day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he does not seem to have read the speech because Rajiv Gandhi says the accord was signed "yesterday" (14 August), then quickly corrects himself to say it ...

Opinion: Mani Shankar Aiyar On Imran Khan's Victory

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Thursday July 26, 2018

For us in India, the near-universal rejection of Pakistan's religion-based parties is perhaps the most significant outcome of this election - for it demonstrates (once again) that far from being partisans of fanatical Islamic terrorists, Pakistanis, by and large, reject religious extremism and terror politics.

Opinion: Mani Shankar Aiyar On PM's Reaction To Rahul Gandhi's Hug

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Monday July 23, 2018

Hence his denigration of a gesture aimed at indicating that in a democracy we have opponents not enemies, that we do not have to harbour hatred in our hearts against those with whom we do not agree. Modi-Shah do not understand that.