Hours after calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi", Mani Shankar Aiyar went on the back foot and said that he is a freelance Congressman and not the party's official spokesperson. I am a freelance Congressman," Mani Shankar Aiyar said, adding that he will apologise for his remarks if they have hurt the Prime Minister. The Congress leader denied calling Narendra Modi a "low-born" but accepted that his statement has embarrassed the party. Aiyar said that he is not well-versed in Hindi and his words have been "misconstrued". Aiyar said the word "neech" has many connotations and he never intended to comment on the Prime Minister's caste.

Source: India Today December 07, 2017 12:22 UTC