LIVE! Mani Shankar Aiyar: I was misquoted on tea seller-Modi statement
January 17, 2014  13:30
Mani Shankar Aiyar says he has been misquoted on the tea-stall remark. He said he never made those statements but stands by a comment he made earlier that the BJP has a PM candidate who does not know economics or history or law. He said his statement on Modi was distorted. Modi has a development model that does not include SC or STs.

He also said it has been the party' tradition not to name the PM candidate. He said he did not think of a name for his child when his wife was pregnant, and therefore the Congress PM candidate would only be announced after the Lok Sabha polls.

To another question on whether the party would rethink not naming Rahul Gandhi as the PM candidate, Aiyar was extremely erudite, and said, "NO NO, NO."
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