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  Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar accuses Government of playing vote bank politics

  Politics | December 13, 2014 18:07 IST

  New Delhi: Accusing the Narendra Modi Government of playing "vote bank politics" to garner Hindu votes under the "mask of pro-development", Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today claimed the ploy is to bring religion into

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  Active women in Congress can push Modi to seashore, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

  Politics | August 20, 2014 18:03 IST

  New Delhi: Making yet another jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today said he would be forced to retreat to Gandhinagar and then could be driven “to the seashore” if

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  In Modi era little place for BJP seniors

  Politics | August 05, 2014 13:59 IST

  New Delhi: They anchored the rise of the BJP in the 1990s and guided it through the tumultuous years in the opposition but do not appear to have a role in the party's first full-majority

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  Parliament passes TRAI amendment bill

  Politics | July 15, 2014 19:03 IST

  New Delhi: Parliament Tuesday passed a bill to amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act to facilitate appointment of its former chairman Nripendra Misra as the principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The

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  B'day Special: Mani Shankar Aiyar “ the diplomat-turned-Politician

  Politics | April 10, 2014 11:23 IST

  Mani Shankar Aiyar, the  Indian diplomat turned politician is a staunch congressmanHe will be contesting the Lok Sabha Elections for Mayiladuthurai constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he contested for the same

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  Kejriwal is naive while Modi is a fascist: Mani Shankar Aiyar tells India TV

  Politics | February 07, 2014 7:10 IST

  New Delhi: Mani Shankar Aiyar is one person who wears his secular credentials on his sleeves.  He calls himself a 'secular fundamentalist' and he has very strong views on issues like secularism and communalism.  Being

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  Mani Shankar Aiyar's office attacked in Tamil Nadu

  Politics | January 18, 2014 18:55 IST

  Chennai:  A day after senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar made controversial ‘tea vendor' remarks against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narenda Modi, the former Union Minister's office in his home town in Tamil Nadu was

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  Storm in a tea cup: Jaitley hits out at Congress over Aiyar's tea seller remark

  Politics | January 17, 2014 16:06 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shanker Aiyar today raised the heckles of BJP, when, while addressing the AICC meet here, he said, Narendra Modi can never become the prime minister of India in the 21st

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  Aiyar advocates Congress-AAP tie-up, BJP terms it acceptance of defeat

  Politics | January 07, 2014 13:46 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP has reacted sharply to Manishankar Aiyar's statement in which he had advocated a poll tie-up between Congress and AAP in order to put a break to the forward march of Gujarat

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  Manishankar Aiyar equates Narendra Modi with Hitler

  Politics | March 06, 2013 7:20 IST

  New Delhi, March 5: Continuing his tirade against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar equated him with Hitler and stated that his divisive policies will prove detrimental to India's composite

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  Aiyar Confronts Saeed On Pak TV, Says He Needs To Be Arrested

  India | February 03, 2012 8:28 IST

  Islamabad, Feb 3 : Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed appeared to lose his cool on a TV talk show on Thursday  when parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar questioned his contention that Indians did not accept Pakistan,

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  Liberalisation Shifted Focus From Poverty Alleviation : Aiyar

  Politics | December 20, 2011 23:35 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 20: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have launched economic reforms 20 years ago but Congress leader and ‘in-house' critic Mani Shankar Aiyar today said the liberalisation process in the country shifted the

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  Historiographers, Not History Divided India, Pakistan, Says Mani Shankar Aiyar

  India | November 13, 2011 16:15 IST

  Karachi, Nov 13: Former Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday told a conference here that historiographers, not history, were responsible for dividing India and Pakistan, reports Dawn newspaper.Speaking at the conference on “Situation in

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  Aiyar Describes Anna Movement As Frankenstein Monster

  India | September 22, 2011 18:31 IST

  Melbourne, Sept 22: Diplomat-turned-politician Mani Shankar Aiyar today tore into UPA's handling of Anna Movement, which he said was a “Frankenstein monster” created by the central government itself. He however, lauded the role of Finance

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  Benazir Admitted To Poor Handling Of Kashmir Issue: Aiyar

  World | August 10, 2011 11:14 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 9 : Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today said former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto had “admitted to him of not having handled the Kashmir issue correctly” in 1996.“If Benazir

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  Aiyar Calls The Congress A Circus

  India | July 25, 2011 13:41 IST

  New Delhi, July 25 : Congress MP and former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar On Sunday put his foot in his mouth by saying that the Congress party was a "circus" and every Congressman wants to

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  PM Says, Aiyar Opposed Commonwealth Games On Ideological Grounds

  India | July 02, 2011 18:32 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 2: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Sports Ministry for “relevant details” regarding the letters written by former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on last year's Commonwealth Games. “The letters written

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  Aiyar Describes Ramdev, Hazare Rallies As Circuses

  India | June 11, 2011 19:16 IST

  Srinagar, Jun 11: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar today termed Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev's campaign against corruption as a "circus in Jantar Mantar and Ramlila Ground" but was critical of the way the UPA

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  Aiyar Hints At Kalmadi's Removal

  India | August 10, 2010 20:37 IST

   New Delhi:  In the wake of corruption charges against the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Congress MP and former Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday hinted at the removal of OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, saying

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  Aiyar Says He Will Be Unhappy If Games Are A Success

  India | July 27, 2010 15:10 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday said he would be "unhappy" if the Commonwealth Games were a success and that only "evil" will patronise them, remarks which were quickly dismissed by both