Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's Remark On Pakistan Creates Controversy

The Congress was quick to distance itself from Aiyar's remarks, stating that they did not reflect the party's stance. It also accused the BJP of deliberately raking up an old interview of Aiyar's to score political points. Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks came amid a diplomatic spat between India and Pakistan after PM Narendra Modi's famous ghar me ghus kar warning where he said Indian forces would enter Pakistan to kill any terrorist who escapes over the border. Islamabad had denounced the "provocative remarks". Aiyar, a former diplomat and vocal advocate of normalising India-Pakistan relations, stated that the government can talk tough to Islamabad if it wants to, but if it doesn’t respect the neighbouring country, it may have to pay a heavy price.