"Every time during elections he does this...," NV Subhash on Mani Shankar's remark on PV Narasimha Rao
Aug 24, 2023
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 25 : Hitting out at the Congress party over the statement of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and grandson of late prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, NV Subhash said that every time, during the elections, he does this kind of issue where people will be laughing at him.
"Mani Shankar Aiyar wanted to create some kind of issue to be discussed all over the country. PV Narasimha Rao was a Congress party leader and also the PM of this country," grandson of PV Narasimha Rao said.
"As far as Mani Shankar Aiyar is concerned...every time, during the elections, he does this kind of issue where people will be laughing at him. It will only benefit BJP," he added.
This comes after Aiyar on Wednesday alleged that former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao had "communal" tendencies and labelled him as the country's first BJP PM. In his autobiography, "Memoirs of a Maverick: The First Fifty Years (1941–1991)," released on Monday, the former diplomat also advocated the renewal of dialogue with Pakistan. He expressed the view that while there is the resolve to carry out surgical strikes against Pakistan, there is a lack of willingness to engage in diplomatic talks with the country.
"I haven't written it, I said it yesterday...I wrote that in a different book of mine. What I said yesterday that he wasn't ours but BJP's first Prime Minister is something that I wrote years ago. I stand by what I said," Aiyar said while talking to the reporters.
Meanwhile, hitting out at the Congress party over the statement of Mani Shankar Aiyar, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress leader has presented the soul of the INDIA bloc in a written format.
"...2024 elections are approaching and 'mukut mani' (Mani Shankar Aiyar) has shone once again. This time he not only spoke but also wrote a book. He spoke especially on three Ps - Parivaarvaad, Pakshapaat and Pakistan," he said.
"The Soul of INDIA bloc has been presented by Mani Shankar Aiyar in a written format...PV Narasimha Rao was the PM from Congress and the kind of words that have been used for him clearly show that the Gandhi family's spokesperson can't tolerate someone other than somebody from the Gandhi family becoming the PM, even if the person is from the Congress party. Through Mani Shankar Aiyar it has been said that PV Narasimha Rao was BJP's and not Congress," Patra said at a press conference.
