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Mani Shankar Aiyar in his study at his bungalow in Delhi.

Mani Shankar Aiyar ko gussa kyon aata hai? How Congress's stormy petrel has returned to haunt it

February 22, 2026 11:31 am

“They (Congress) made me scapegoat in 2014. It was said that I had said that chaiwala Pradhan mantri nahi ban sakta hai. I never said it. Then, in 2019, I had said that Modi ek neech kisam ka aadmi hai. I had never said Modi neech hai… They twisted it because they needed a scapegoat,” says Aiyar

The Congress has also been left red-faced by Aiyar's another comment that the Opposition INDIA bloc should be led by Tamil Nadu CM and DMK president M K Stalin

Delhi Confidential: Man(i) of Letters

February 19, 2026 4:20 am

Mani Shankar Aiyar has been spending his days scanning research material at a library. The book’s prospective title, sources say, is “Lost Century 1927-2027: The Rise and Fall of Jinnah’s Delhi Muslim Proposals”.

Former Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

Pinarayi Vijayan will be CM again, predicts Congress’s Mani Shankar Aiyar as he hails Kerala’s CPM govt

February 15, 2026 9:26 pm

Participating in the Kerala govt’s ‘Vision 2031 International Conference’, the Congress leader expressed regret regarding the ‘absence of my party colleagues on this occasion’

The session, moderated by former Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar, also turned to the contentious question of the Ramayan television serial and its political fallout.

Army let down Rajiv, says Mani Shankar Aiyar; defends Sri Lanka intervention

October 12, 2025 5:45 pm

At Khushwant Singh Litfest, Aiyar says Rajiv’s faith in people shaped bold choices — and left him exposed; cites his “healing touch” accords in Punjab, Assam, Mizoram and Kashmir as proof of putting country above party

Mani Shankar Aiyar’s A Maverick in Politics is a memoir of a loner who belonged to no political faction

May 17, 2025 6:22 am

Given the public outbursts by Aiyar that apparently caused him his position within the Congress party, this autobiography also details the decline of the party he belongs to

Pahalgam attack: BJP hits out; says 'remarks shameful, do Kharge, Rahul control their party?'

April 29, 2025 9:08 am

Ravi Shankar Prasad also questioned Vadra’s remarks about Muslims feeling suppressed and Aiyar’s remark that the consequences of the Partition remain unresolved to this day

Inside Track: The RSS Angle

March 23, 2025 12:28 pm

The buzz in the BJP was that the choice for the next BJP party chief would boil down to Bhupender Yadav or Dharmendra Pradhan. Yadav is backed by Suresh Soni and Pradhan by Dattatreya Hosabale, both RSS heavyweights. But recently, Manohar Lal Khattar’s name also cropped up as a potential contender.

Does Congress have its priorities in order? Party focuses on Mani Shankar Aiyar instead of Rahul Gandhi's Gujarat remarks

March 13, 2025 11:02 pm

Instead of going after Aiyar for his remarks about Rajiv Gandhi’s academic failures, top Congress leaders should have paid more attention to Rahul Gandhi saying in Gujarat that the party’s revival is a “50-year project” and that those “conniving” with the BJP must be removed.

Sheikh Hasina should be allowed to stay in India as long as she wants: Mani Shankar Aiyar

January 12, 2025 7:07 pm

"I am glad she was given refuge. I think we should be her host as long as she wants, even if it is for all her life," says Aiyar.

My political career made and unmade by Gandhis: Mani Shankar Aiyar

December 16, 2024 9:37 am

For 10 years, he was not given the opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with Sonia Gandhi or spend any meaningful time with Rahul Gandhi, the veteran leader said.

MANI SHANKAR AIYAR VIDEOS

Politicos react to Pakistan's enquiry panel on Pathankot attack

January 11, 2016 1:01 pm

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's decision to set up a joint investigation team to investigate the links of the Pathankot air base attackers with Pakistan, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has put the onus on the Indian Government to take the next step. Aiyar said if this is true then it is the first step but it is not the last step because we have been through this before. He added that a special court had also been set up at the time of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Srikant Sharma lauded Islamabad's initiative, saying the entire nation is upset over the Pathankot attack.

Appointment of VK Singh as Union Minister 'huge mistake': Congress

January 10, 2016 7:53 am

New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday said the appointment of VK Singh as the Union Minister was a huge mistake and it's good that the debate regarding appointment of Singh has surfaced again. He also said that Singh should be sacked, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack him. Aiyar also stated that something unconstitutional must have happened on the night of alleged troop movement in 2012.

Pakistan’s reaction on Pathankot terror attack not different: Congress

January 09, 2016 7:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 09 (ANI): Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said Pakistan’s reaction is not very much different, adding that earlier Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Gilani did the same thing after 26/11 attack and spoke to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, and now Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is also doing the same, after the Pathankot attack. He added that India has given them lot of evidences but Pakistan’s court is not treating those evidences with respect.