‘Sirfira vyakti’ – Gehlot hits out at Mani Shankar Aiyar over his remarks on Rajiv Gandhi

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Thursday said that the former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is a “sirfira (crazy)” person following the latter’s remarks on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Talking to the media, Gehlot said, “Frustration ki parakastha hai. Isiliye maine kaha ye koi sirfira aadmi he bol sakta hai. Agar itna zyada frustration aa chuka hai, toh phir who vyakti kya bolta hai usko khudko samajh mein nahi aata hai. Isliye maine kaha koi sirfira aadmi aesi bhasha bol sakta hai Rajiv Gandhi ke baare mein. (This is the height of frustration. That is why I said that only a crazy person can say this. When there is so much frustration, the person speaking himself does not understand what he is speaking. That is why I said that only a crazy person can say such words about Rajiv Gandhi).”

In the video clip shared by BJP leader Amit Malviya on Wednesday, Aiyar is heard saying said: “When Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister, everyone thought… I thought, how could a person who was an airline pilot, and had failed twice, become the Prime Minister?”

He continues: “I studied with him at Cambridge, where he had failed. Failing at Cambridge University is very difficult – and instead easy to get first class – because the university, to protect its image, tries to ensure that everyone at least passes. But despite that, Rajiv Gandhi failed. After that, he went to Imperial College in London, and he failed there as well. Then I thought, how can such a person become the Prime Minister of the country?”