New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday did not take lightly to Mani Shankar Aiyar's description of the "mela" in the party as a "circus" calling him a "loose canon" and that his remarks were "uncalled for".
"Unfortunately, Mani Shankar Aiyar has a reputation of being a loose canon at the deck of Indian politics. He has been a member of the Congress party for a fairly long time and such remarks are absolutely uncalled for," said party spokesperson Manish Tewari.
He was reacting to Aiyar's remarks at a book release function likening the happenings around the residence of Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel and the party headquarters to a circus.
At the AICC headquarters, party General Secretary Janardhanan Dwivedi also disapproved of Aiyar's remarks.
"In the life of a nation, there are certain symbols and one should be more careful and sensitive about them," Dwivedi said.
However, Aiyar on Tuesday sought to downplay his remarks clarifying that "it was not the party but the mela at 24, Akbar Road (Congress headquarters) that I had described as a circus."
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