<p class="title">The Congress today suspended its senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the party and issued him a show cause notice, after he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi" (vile man).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The disciplinary action against the Gandhi family loyalist came barely two days before the first phase of Assembly poll in Gujarat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala said the action showed the party's "Gandhian leadership" and respect for the political rival. He asked whether prime minister Modi would dare to act similarly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Congress party has served a show cause notice to Mani Shankar Aiyar and suspended him from the primary membership of the party," Surjewala said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aiyar today set off a political firestorm when he called Modi a "neech kism ka aadmi" (a vile man), a remark the latter claimed was a casteist slur against him.</p>
<p class="title">The Congress today suspended its senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the party and issued him a show cause notice, after he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "neech aadmi" (vile man).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The disciplinary action against the Gandhi family loyalist came barely two days before the first phase of Assembly poll in Gujarat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala said the action showed the party's "Gandhian leadership" and respect for the political rival. He asked whether prime minister Modi would dare to act similarly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Congress party has served a show cause notice to Mani Shankar Aiyar and suspended him from the primary membership of the party," Surjewala said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aiyar today set off a political firestorm when he called Modi a "neech kism ka aadmi" (a vile man), a remark the latter claimed was a casteist slur against him.</p>