The Congress party on Thursday suspended leader Mani Shankar Aiyar after he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech aadmi” (vile man), which triggered sharp reactions from the BJP two days before voting starts in the Gujarat elections . The Congress suspended Aiyar from the primary membership of the party on Thursday evening and issued him a showcause notice. Earlier, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said he did not appreciate the tone and language used by Aiyar to address the PM. Within minutes, Aiyar said he was responding to the “foul language” being used by the PM daily against Congress leaders. Aiyar claimed that it was the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru who recognised Ambedkar’s potential.

Source: Hindustan Times December 07, 2017 12:14 UTC