Mani Shankar Aiyar: Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, who has been in controversies regarding his statements, is once again in the news. Mani Shankar Aiyar has sung ballads in praise of Pakistani people, due to which he is once again embroiled in controversies. The Congress leader has even gone to Pakistan and said that India wants to transform into a ‘Hindu nation’. Iyer, who attended a program, described Pakistani people as the most friendly.
Recently, on the second day of Faiz Mahotsav, a program was organized in Alhamra, Lahore with the title ‘Hijr ki Rakh, Visal ke Phool, India-Pakistan Affairs’. Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, who came to participate in it, said, ‘I can say from experience that Pakistanis are such people, who perhaps overreact when the other side reacts. If we are friendly, they are very friendly. If we show hostility, they show even more hostility.
Mani Shankar Aiyar at it again, praises Pakistan, saying “The Pakistanis, from my experience, have been the people who react perhaps overreact to the other side. If we are friendly, they are overfriendly and if we are hostile, they get over hostile…” pic.twitter.com/QReRq11FnB
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Nowhere has one been welcomed like Pakistan: Mani Shankar Aiyar
The former Union Minister also recalled his time spent as Council General in Karachi. He said that everyone took care of him and his wife. He even said that he has never been to a country where he has been welcomed as much as he has been in Pakistan. He said that at present there is a need for goodwill, but after the formation of Narendra Modi government, in the last 10 years, instead of goodwill, something else has been seen.
‘Two-thirds of Indians are ready to extend their hands to you’
Mani Shankar Aiyar said in the program, ‘I want to remind the people of Pakistan that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never got more than one-third of the votes, but our system is such that even if you have one-third of the votes, you can get two-thirds of the seats. He said, ‘Therefore two-thirds of Indians are ready to extend their hands towards you (Pakistani people).’
India trying to ape Pakistan in religious fundamentalism wants to turn Bharat into ‘Hindu Rashtra’: Mani Shankar Aiyar, Congress leader pic.twitter.com/VqALueDAec
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Attempt to make India a ‘Hindu nation’: Mani Shankar Aiyar
The Congress leader even said, ‘India is trying to imitate Pakistan in religious fundamentalism and wants to make itself a ‘Hindu nation’.’ He said that it would be a mistake to expect that the ‘Hindutva establishment’ in India would want to hold talks with Pakistan. Following the path of Hindutva, they are trying to copy Pakistan, which became an Islamic Republic. Instead of becoming a religion based republic, India became a republic based on all religions.
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