'Political stupidity': Mani Shankar Aiyar questions Congress for backing TVK without ensuring majority

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has sharply criticised his own party over its decision to ally with Vijay’s TVK in Tamil Nadu, calling the move immoral, politically flawed and contrary to the principles laid down by Mahatma Gandhi.

Speaking in Delhi, Aiyar said the Congress had abandoned the moral foundations associated with Gandhi by deciding to “jump ship” and join the TVK after opposing the party in the previous election.

Referring to Gandhi’s writings, Aiyar said, “In November 1925, a hundred years ago, Mahatma Gandhi laid down the injunction in his Gujarati magazine, Navjeevan, that Swaraj should mean government by morality.”