Aiyar, Sibal May Have Contributed to Cong’s Loss in Gujarat: Moily

Veerappa Moily said the Congress’ performance, particularly under Rahul’s leadership, was “par excellence.”

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday, 19 December, indicated that the controversial statements by his colleagues Mani Shankar Aiyar and Kapil Sibal may have undone the gains made by party president Rahul Gandhi during campaigning in the Gujarat elections.

On 7 December, Aiyar called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech kism ka insaan (a lowly person)” after which he was suspended by the party.

“...our people like Mani Shankar Aiyar should not have raised those issues against him (PM),” Moily told PTI.