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Chidambaram questioned PM Modi's questioning of a meeting between Congress leaders and the Pakistan High Commissioner.
The meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner allegedly took place at Aiyar's resident
Former PM Manmohan Singh and former VP Hamid Ansari were also allegedly present
BJP's Subramanian Swamy and Ajay Aggarwal have asked for explanations
The Congress on Friday reiterated the "neech aadmi" remark by Mani Shankar Aiyar was wrong.
On Thursday, Mani Shankar Aiyar triggered a major storm calling Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi".
The Congress suspended senior party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar from its primary membership for his "neech" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aiyar has been suspended from the primary membership of the party
He has been in the eye of the storm of calling PM Modi 'neech', which has been interpreted as a casteist slur
Aiyar said his mother tongue is not Hindi, and he wanted to convey a different meaning
Amit Shah said he was not surprised at Aiyar's derogatory comment against Modi, as it had been the culture of the Congress.
In 2014 Mani Shankar Aiyar had claimed that Modi can never become prime minister but could sell tea at a Congress conclave, which was then underway.
Rahul Gandhi had asked Mani Shankar to apologise for calling the Prime Minister 'neech'.
PM Modi took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi's comment on being a Shiva devotee and said some parties talked more of Baba Bhole (Lord Shiva) than Babasaheb.
The attack and counter-attack between the two leaders brings back memories of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls when Aiyar took on Modi by calling him a 'chaiwallah'.
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