{"id":48156,"date":"2024-05-11T02:45:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/bjps-ls-campaign-faltering-dredging-up-old-videos-mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pak-comments\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T02:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T02:45:43","slug":"bjps-ls-campaign-faltering-dredging-up-old-videos-mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pak-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/11\/bjps-ls-campaign-faltering-dredging-up-old-videos-mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pak-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP&#8217;s LS campaign &#8216;faltering&#8217;, dredging up old videos: Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pak comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-110001707,imgsize-103080.cms?fit=1200,900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"BJP&#8217;s LS campaign &#8216;faltering&#8217;, dredging up old videos: Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pak comments\" title=\"BJP&#8217;s LS campaign &#8216;faltering&#8217;, dredging up old videos: Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pak comments\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"8\"><a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> leader <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mani-shankar-aiyar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mani Shankar Aiyar<\/a> on Friday said a <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> of his <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a> on <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan<\/a> being circulated is old and being dredged up because the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a>&#8216;s Lok Sabha campaign is faltering. &#8220;It is obvious from the sweater I am wearing that my comments to Chill Pill were made in the winter several months ago. They have been dredged up now as the BJP&#8217;s <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election campaign<\/a> falters. I refuse to play their game,&#8221; the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/congress-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress leader<\/a> said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=107107653potime:1-->&#8220;Interested persons may please read the relevant passages in my two books released by <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/juggernaut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juggernaut<\/a> last year, &#8220;Memoirs of a Maverick&#8221; and &#8220;The Rajiv I Knew&#8221;..,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>In the video, Aiyar is saying that India should give respect to Pakistan as it possesses an <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/atom-bomb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atom bomb<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t give them respect, they&#8217;ll think of using atom bomb against India,&#8221; he said in the video. <\/p>\n<p>Asked about use of India&#8217;s <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/muscular-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">muscular policy<\/a>, he said, &#8220;We should not forget that Pakistan also has muscle at Kahuta (Rawalpindi),&#8221; a reference to the atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/bjps-ls-campaign-faltering-dredging-up-old-videos-mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pak-comments\/articleshow\/110001707.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said a video of his comments on Pakistan being circulated is old and being dredged up because the BJP&#8216;s Lok Sabha campaign is faltering. &#8220;It is obvious from the sweater I am wearing that my comments to Chill Pill were made in the winter several months ago. 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