Abuse is not part of politics: Prasad on Aiyar's 'neech' remark

December 08, 2017 17:41

Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad has hit out at suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for his 'neech' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said fun, pun and satire are part of politics but abuse is not.

Prasad's remark on Friday comes a day after Aiyar took the country by shock after he referred the Prime Minister as a "neech aadmi".

While addressing a gathering in Ahmedabad, the Union Minister said: "Fun, pun and satire are part of politics but abuse is not". -- ANI

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