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| office = [[Member of Parliament]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]]
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1996
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| predecessor2 = E.S.M. Packeer Mohamed
| successor2 = [[P. V. Rajendran]]
| term_start3 = 1999
| term_end3 = 2009
| predecessor3 = [[K. Krishnamoorthy]]
| successor3 = [[O. S. Manian]]
| constituency3 = [[Mayiladuturai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayiladuturai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|4|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br/> (now [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
| spouse = Suneet Vir Singh (aka Suneet Mani Aiyar)
| relations = [[Swaminathan Aiyar]] (brother)
| children = 3 daughters
| residence = [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br/> [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] (BA, MA)
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'''Mani Shankar Aiyar''' (born 10 April 1941) is an Indian politician and former career civil servant diplomat. He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] Party.

He represented the [[Mayiladuthurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayiladuthurai]] constituency of [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[10th Lok Sabha]], [[13th Lok Sabha]], and [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He was a nominated member of parliament from [[Rajya Sabha]]. He was defeated from Mayiladuthurai in 2014 Lok Sabha election where he finished fourth and lost his deposit. He is also a part of the Hon. Board of Advisors of [[IIMUN]].

==Early life and education==
Mani Shankar Aiyar is the son of Vaidyanatha Shankar Aiyar, a [[chartered accountant]], and Bhagyalakshmi Shankar Aiyar. He was born in Laxmi Mansions, Lahore in British India which, as [[Partition of India|post-Partition]] refugee property, came to house the family of [[Saadat Hassan Manto]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Read Manto's fiction to grasp Indianness|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/RbuksfgEHXwnA1sslf09DI/Read-Mantos-fiction-to-grasp-Indianness.html|access-date=9 March 2013|newspaper=HT Mint|date=9 March 2013}}</ref> His older brother is the well known journalist, [[Swaminathan Aiyar]]. He lost his father at age 12 in an air crash.

He attended [[Welham Boys' School]], [[The Doon School]] and obtained B.A. in economics from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], [[University of Delhi]]. While at Doon, he was an editor of [[The Doon School Weekly]].<ref>'History of the Weekly' published by The Doon School (2009) p.33</ref> After the loss of his father, Aiyar's mother had to negotiate with Doon to allow him to continue his studies with reduced fees and in return he taught at the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080518/jsp/7days/story_9285975.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata)|title=The IB ultimately came to the conclusion that I was indeed a Marxist, but of the Groucho variety|work=Tete-a-tete|date=18 May 2008|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>

He graduated in economics from Delhi University, and then did a two-year [[B.A.]] in Tripos in economics at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] which, in the Oxbridge tradition, became an M.A. with the passage of time. He was a member of Trinity Hall. He was also an active member of the [[Marxist]] Society in Cambridge. At Cambridge, Aiyar joined student politics and once even tried to win a presidential contest. [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who was his junior both at Doon and Cambridge, supported him in his campaign.

==Career==
[[File:The President Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar at a Swearing-in Ceremony in New Delhi on May 22, 2004.jpg|thumb|11th [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] administering the oath as Cabinet Minister at a Swearing-in Ceremony in New Delhi on 2004.]]
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee releasing the book titled “Travelling through Conflict Essays on Politics of West Asia”, authored by the Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on March 04, 2008 (1).jpg|thumb|13th [[President of India]] Pranab Mukherjee releasing a book authored by [[List of Vice Presidents of India|12th]] [[Vice-President of India]] Mohammad Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on 2008.]]
He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1963 and served as [[Joint Secretary to Government of India]] from 1982 to 1983 in [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] and later as [[Joint Secretary to Government of India| Joint Secretary]] at [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] from 1985 to 1989. He resigned from service in 1989 to take up a career in politics and media, entering the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] as a Congress MP from [[Mayiladuthurai]] in 1991, 1999 and 2004 but was defeated in 1996, 1998, 2009 and 2014. He spent some time in [[Pakistan]] posted as a diplomat, serving as India's first consul-general in [[Karachi]] from 1978 to 1982.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/new-delhi-s-new-red-line-on-dialogue-114082000032_1.html|title=New Delhi's new red line on Indo-Pak dialogue|first=Ajai|last=Shukla|date=20 August 2014|via=Business Standard|newspaper=Business Standard India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aiyar |first1=Mani Shankar |title=Islamabad Diary |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/islamabad-diary/279867 |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=Outlook |date=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2133 |title=Detailed Profile: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar}}</ref>

He is a special invitee to the [[Congress Working Committee]] and was a chairman of both the party's political training department and the department of policy planning and coordination. He is also a well-known
political columnist {{citation needed|date=May 2014}} and has written several books, including ''Pakistan Papers'' and ''Remembering Rajiv'', and has edited a four-volume publication, ''Rajiv Gandhi's India''.

His special interests include [[grassroots democracy]], Indian foreign policy particularly with India's neighbouring countries, and [[West Asia]] and [[nuclear disarmament]].

==Personal life==
He was married on 4 January 1973 to Suneet Vir Singh, a [[Sikh]] woman. They have 3 daughters – the eldest, Suranya Aiyar is a lawyer;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aiyar |first1=Yamini |last2=Kapur |first2=Avani |title=Opinion: Swachh Bharat Mission's Success Is Greatly Exaggerated |url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/swachh-bharat-after-pms-big-push-where-it-has-faltered-1469495?pfrom=home-opinion |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=NDTV.com |date=5 October 2016}}</ref> the second, Yamini Aiyar is a senior research fellow and director of the Accountability Initiative;<ref>{{cite news |title=Mani Shankar Aiyar's daughter weds |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/mani-shankar-aiyars-daughter-weds/article3053378.ece |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=27 November 2006 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Aiyar is the uncle of [[Vidya Shankar Aiyar]], former anchor on [[Channelnews asia]] and [[CNN- IBN]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

==Controversies==
Mani Shankar Aiyer has been a part of many controversies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-TOP-5-instances-when-aiyar-caused-a-furor-4867632-PHO.html?seq=2|title=From justifying Paris attack to calling MPs animals: 5 instances when Mani Shankar Aiyar caused a furor|date=9 January 2015|work=DailyBhaskar|access-date=5 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In 2000, Aiyar was involved in a public brawl with politician [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hvk.org/articles/1200/5.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223244/http://www.hvk.org/articles/1200/5.html |archive-date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> According to Singh, Aiyar insulted Singh's then party leader [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and remarked: "Oh that bloody Mulayam – he looks just like me. It could be because my father visited [[Uttar Pradesh]] at some point. Why don't you check with Mulayam's mother?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/all-that-matters/Dont-invite-the-likes-of-Mani-If-you-must-limit-them-to-two-pegs/articleshow/8759704.cms|title='Don't invite the likes of Mani. If you must, limit them to two pegs' – The Times of India|work=The Times Of India}}</ref>

While on a tour of the [[Andamans]] as the Cabinet Minister in the later part of 2004, Aiyar was quoted as saying at the [[Cellular Jail]] there that there was no difference between the radical right-wing revolutionary [[Veer Savarkar]], a famous inmate of the prison, and [[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]], the founder of [[Pakistan]], as they shared a 'divisive' philosophy. He also ordered that a plaque with a poem commemorating Savarkar be replaced with a plaque with quotes from [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Reports of the incident paralysed [[Indian Parliament|Parliament]] and led to agitations by the [[Shiv Sena]] in [[Maharashtra]]. Aiyar's remarks created confusion as well in the ruling party; the official spokesman, [[Anand Sharma]], noted that the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] did not consider Savarkar either a freedom fighter or a patriot. A few days later, the Prime Minister dissociated himself and the cabinet from that view.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-30Sep04-Print-Edition/163109200429.htm|title=You have shamed a democratic-secular India, Mr. PM!, The Milli Gazette, Vol.5 No.18, MG112 (16–30 Sep 04)|work=milligazette.com}}</ref>

As sports minister, he effectively scuttled India's bid for Asian Games in 2007. It was widely felt that Delhi's lack of enthusiasm to host the event was the primary reason for its loss. Then Union Sports Minister of India, Mani Shankar Aiyar, spoke strongly against Delhi hosting the games and argued that it was better if the money allocated by India's government for organising the sporting event was spent on building facilities for the poor.<ref>"India vs. China as a Global Sporting Events Host". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2010</ref> The [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA) president revealed that India's Sports Minister remarks against hosting the Games was the main reason for New Delhi's loss.<ref>"Delhi loses bid to host 2014 Asian Games". Outlook India. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2010.</ref>

In September 2011, Aiyar visited his alma mater—[[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]]—to speak about 'Governance and Corruption: Is Panchayati Raj A Solution?'. However, he began to mock the [[Hansraj College]] and its former student [[Ajay Maken]]. He also belittled the [[Kirori Mal College]] and the BA (Programme) Degree, a course in the University of Delhi. This led to an agitation by the students of Hansraj College. When the agitated students approached him, he mocked them even further. When later questioned by the media, Aiyar refused to apologise and rather ridiculed the institutions even further. Baffled by his remarks, Stephen's College and its students went on to apologise to Hansraj College and extended a hand of friendship.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/education/30149164_1_second-year-student-ba-pass-kirori-mal-college | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202174020/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/education/30149164_1_second-year-student-ba-pass-kirori-mal-college | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-12-02 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Aiyar mocks Hans Raj again, belittles Kirori Mal too}}</ref>

In the [[Rajya Sabha]] in August 2013, [[Samajwadi Party]] MP [[Naresh Agarwal]] accused Aiyar of being a Pakistani spy, when he refused to discuss the recent murder of 5 Indian soldiers by the Pakistani Army and instead suggested discussing rising gas prices. Aiyar reacted sharply and tried to assault Agarwal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Mani Shankar Aiyar tried to attack SP leader Naresh Agarwal in Rajya Sabha - Politics News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-mani-shankar-aiyar-tried-to-attack-sp-leader-naresh-agarwal-in-rajya-sabha-1013617.html |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=Firstpost |date=6 August 2013}}</ref>

He in an interview days before the run up to the 2014 Parliament elections in India, said that a tea seller (The Prime Ministerial candidate [[Narendra Modi]] of the [[BJP]]) can never become the Prime Minister of India, but can sell tea in [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] meetings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/modi-can-never-become-pm-can-sell-tea-mani-shankar-aiyar/|title=Modi can never become PM, can sell tea: Mani Shankar Aiyar|date=17 January 2014|work=The Indian Express|access-date=8 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> His comment was disowned by the congress saying it's his personal view and not the party's view.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-disapproves-of-mani-shankar-aiyars-tea-vendor-remarks-against-narendra-modi-548222|title=Congress disapproves of Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'tea vendor' remarks against Narendra Modi|work=NDTV.com|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> [[Rahul Gandhi]] asked him not to make personal attacks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rahul-disapproves-of-Aiyars-chaiwala-jibe-at-Modi/articleshow/29966668.cms|title=Rahul disapproves of Aiyar's 'chaiwala' jibe at Modi – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, there was widespread demand for sedition charges against Aiyar for an interview with [[Dawn News]] while visiting [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=DNA India |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mani-shankar-aiyar-s-remarks-are-seditious-sonia-gandhi-should-apologise-bjp-2146474 |date=18 November 2015 |title=Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks are seditious, Sonia Gandhi should apologise: BJP}}</ref> Aiyar is said to have suggested that Pakistan remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power, to be able to continue peace talks between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. On 16 February 2018, Ashok Choudhary, the head of BJP's Kota district OBC wing filed a sedition and defamation case against Aiyer.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sedition-case-filed-against-mani-shankar-aiyar/articleshow/62950773.cms|date=16 February 2018 |title=Sedition case filed against Mani Shankar Aiyar}}</ref>

Mani Shankar Aiyer justified<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mani-shankar-aiyar-charlie-hebdo-killing-twitter-paris-terror-attack-muslims-congress/1/412306.html|title=Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar justifies Charlie Hebdo killing, Twitter declares war|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> [[November 2015 Paris attacks]] as<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-congress-leader-mani-shankar-aiyar-offers-justification-for-paris-terror-attack-terms-it-backlash-2050969|title=Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar offers justification for Paris terror attack, terms it 'backlash' {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=8 January 2015|work=dna|access-date=5 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> a response to France banning Hijab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/videos/politics/aiyar-breaking-734958.html|title=Mani Shankar Aiyar justifies Paris terror attacks, says it is response to France banning Hijab|website=News18|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> He also justified [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]] as a backlash for the death of Muslims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/mani-shankar-aiyar-justifies-charlie-hebdo-attack-gets-slammed-on-twitter-2037285.html|title=Mani Shankar Aiyar justifies Charlie Hebdo attack, gets slammed on Twitter|date=9 January 2015|work=Firstpost|access-date=5 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2015/01/shocker-congress-leader-mani-shankar-aiyar-defends-charlie-hebdo-attack/|title=Shocker! Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar defends Charlie Hebdo attack {{!}} Tehelka Web Desk {{!}} Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|website=www.tehelka.com|language=en-US|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref> His comments were disapproved by his own party members.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cong-disapproves-of-mani-shankar-aiyar-s-remark-on-paris-attacks/story-qGUqRPnGYG69izoBvf33eP.html|title=Cong disapproves of Mani Shankar Aiyar's remark on Paris attacks|date=17 November 2015|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=5 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>

He sparked a political firestorm when he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "''neech aadmi''", which PM Modi interpreted as ''nichli jaati'' ([[Caste system in India|lower caste]]). Subsequently, he was suspended from the party's primary membership. Aiyar said the comments by the PM showed his "low-level mindset and one bereft of any manners". "Mujhko lagta hai ki ye aadmi bahut neech kisam ka aadmi hai, isme koi sabhyata nahi hai. Aise mauke par is kisam ki gandi rajniti karne ki kya avashyakta hai? (This shows the low-level mindset of the PM and one bereft of any manners. What is the need of doing such dirty politics on such an occasion)," ANI quoted Aiyar as saying. Due to this comment the Congress party suspended his primary party membership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/neech-kisam-ka-aadmi-mani-shankar-pm-modi-attacks-congress-over-ambedkar|title=Ambedkar row: Mani Shankar Aiyar calls Modi 'neech aadmi', PM terms it a 'Mughlai mindset'|date=7 December 2017|website=indianexpress.com}}</ref> After his suspension, he justified his derogatory remarks by adding "My Hindi is not very good. Yes, I called Modi 'neech' but did not mean it as a low-born; I meant it as low,".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mani-shankar-aiyar-calls-modi-neech-suspended-from-congress/articleshow/61971794.cms|title=Mani Shankar Aiyar calls Modi 'neech'; suspended from Congress - Times of India ►|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref> He has a history of controversial statements against the former PM [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. However his suspension has been revoked by Congress President Mr. Rahul Gandhi on 18 August 2018.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

In 2019, when asked by an Indian journalist about the "''neech aadmi''" jibe, Aiyar angrily charged towards the journalist, shook his fist towards him, and remarked: "I will hit you... Just f**k off!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Mani Shankar Aiyar abuses reporters who questioned him on his ''neech'' remark|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/mani-shankar-aiyar-abuses-reporters-who-questioned-him-on-his-neech-remark-773351|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>

==Publications==

Aiyar has written seven books –
* ''How To Be A Sycophant'', NBS, New Delhi, 1990.
* ''Rajiv Gandhi: The Great Computer Scientist of India'', Mughal Publishers, New Delhi, 1991.
* ''Remembering Rajiv'', [[Rupa & Co.]], New Delhi, 1992.
* ''One Year in Parliament'', Konark, New Delhi, 1993.
* ''Pakistan Papers'', UBSPD, New Delhi, 1994.
* ''Knickerwallahs, Silly-Billies and Other Curious Creatures'', UBS Publishers, 1995.
* ''Rajiv Gandhi's India'', 4 vols. (General Editor), UBSPD New Delhi, 1997.
* ''Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist'', [[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 2004.
* ''A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st Century'', [[Penguin Books|Penguin]], 2009.

==References==

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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |author1=Satish Padmanabhan |author2=Mani Shankar Aiyar |author3=David Davidar |author4=Mukul Kesavan |author5=Nilanjana Roy |author6=Sunil Sethi |date=12 January 2015 |title=Word Psmiths in the city : book jacket on my sleeve |journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=26–36 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/word-psmiths-in-the-city/292930 |access-date=6 January 2016}}
*{{cite journal |author1=Mani Shankar Aiyar |author2=David Davidar |author3=Mukul Kesavan |author4=Nilanjana Roy |author5=Sunil Sethi |date=12 January 2015 |title=Ink, mortar and canon |journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=40–66 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/ink-mortar-and-canon/292972 |access-date=6 January 2016}}

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011816/http://sportal.nic.in/ministerdetail.asp?id=39 Biography at Indian Sports Ministry website]
*[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/692604.cms Article] in [[The Economic Times]] about him dated 23 May 2004.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041013011727/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=12 Information as a member of 14th Lok Sabha on website of Lok Sabha]
*[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/india.prime.minister/index.html Quote on cnn.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070428200458/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/29112._.html Speech to business leaders on poverty and growth]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123130547/http://chatrageous.com/news/mani-shankar-aiyer-statement-regarding-terrorism/ Mani Shankar Aiyer Statement Regarding Terrorism]
*[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=12&lastls=14 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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