New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Dec 8 : In a quick damage control exercise even as Congress suspended senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his “neech” jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP has said that the suspension was mere “strategic” and insisted that the controversial remarks only tried to drive home a point that “only one elite family” can rule India.
“Mani Shankar Aiyer’s ‘Neech’ -attack on Prime Minister- a deliberate casteist statement, a convenient apology, a strategic suspension. People should see through this game,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a tweet on Thursday night.
Mr Jaitley and a number of top BJP leaders, including Union Ministers, flayed Mr Aiyar for his remarks.
