Row over 'tea vendor' remark: Mani Shankar thinks this is impish humour, says Swapan Dasgupta

The Buck Stops Here: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remark that Narendra Modi can never be Prime Minister but was welcome to sell tea at the Congress party conclave, has drawn some sharp criticism. One such reaction came from senior journalist and commentator Swapan Dasgupta. Speaking on NDTV's show The Buck Stops Here, he said the remarks were in bad taste. Mani Shankar Aiyar, however, justifies his comment.
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[@vidyadmadhusudan6410]

Long live Mani Shankar Iyar. His services are required for BJP.

[@sneha263]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@joydas88]

Oh man that was a bitchslap in the end by swapan.damn.

[@soumilsingla3393]

Joy Das can u pls explain the burn. I couldn't get it

[@oioi9343]

by now, congress is used to b*tchslaps 😂😂😂

[@TheDazzler420]

@@soumilsingla3393 He said Mani Shankar is media tool of Gandhi, by calling him low level hire of Sonia Gandhi

[@anupamchakraborty6794]

A Tight slap to Maishankar Iyer by Mr Swapan Dasgupta.

[@Skandawin78]

Even though bjp did not win in Tamil Nadu , it was a motor mouth tamilian 5 years back ( Mani) who created a major platform for Modi with which modi even won his second term 😆 . thanks Mani .

[@rishidevsharma6026]

Watching this today on 23/01/2020 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chetanshet10]

Thank Mani... Wholeheartedly...

[@wildhog1derful]

Oooo oooo oooo ROFL

[@nagaprasad2254]

As Modi says, "Keep throwing sludge on BJP and the Lotus will bloom even better".

[@ramssiva62]

When Aiyar can work with Soniaji why should he criticise Modiji. Why can't Aiyar become PM if the people of our country choose himSince Congress can never come back the frustration is showing up. Modiji is the best PM which is known to all our people.We should not give importance to cynics like Manishankar Iyer.

[@ritagam4514]

This arrogance is the reason congress will stay out of power fr the next 10 years

[@vicky197805]

Now mani shankar ayyer is selling bara pao infront of 10 Janpath

[@swarooparane2122]

see the arrogance of congress

[@nairunni60]

A hard working Tea vendor is far better than a jester in the court of the Italian Barmaid.

[@nekm9090]

nair chunni, chaiwala is the jester

[@parthasarathynarasimhan4468]

@@nekm9090 Mani sankar is unfit even as show polisher

[@ijja123]

Manishankar will be selling tea for sure after 2014...probably in or around tihar

[@kushagrabhardwaj1]

Ranbir Singh He did to Pakistan ke Dalal....

[@antaresbnv3350]

He has to thank god if he sells tea, because nobody will buy a tea front such kind of Anti nationalists. So he have to become pimp, but all prostitutes will through stones at him, so r u intelligent enough to guess whom he has to sell.

[@hindustanimapper]

I am from 2022 and i confirm that

[@vinayak4201]

Oh My God! What a lightning quick repartee of stinging sarcasm from Swapan that stung Mani Shankar so hard that he took a looong while even to recognise it... Wow!

[@gotu48]

Dont Curse MANI , Friends : People like MANI , SHASHI THAROOR , DIGGI RAJA , KEJRIWAL and The great PRINCE RAHUL are STAR Campainers for the BJP . Be greatful to them as all of them are doing a great service to Indian Democracy . May god Bless all the mentally sick leaders from the Congress.

[@mamabari07]

Good one, Swapan..

[@ashokbhaivakani8620]

Gadarmhi

[@prakwandutta2861]

He is still in india and calling india intolarant.. he was brother of ISI in pakistan where he going to ask for help to over thron a democratically elected Govt but still he is an intelectual oxford educated like congress Queen Sonia Gandhi...... Still We Indian are so intolarant how??? Can any one give me the ans...

[@pranavkumar2008]

We are just fool cos we are unable to throw these ppl out of public life

[@siddharth99154]

Great comeback by Swapan!

[@arrahatt]

Mani Shanker Ayer and Rahul Gandhi are easily the most intelligent brains of the Congress party!

[@rajubp55]

I am borrowing the remarks of Madhu Keshwer on manisankar iyer is that he used dirty launguges which is not acceptable.He thinks that he is a upper caste and shows his fascist mentality in the 21 st century.

[@rajubp55]

manishankaer iyer can take shelter beneath Sonia gandhi.That is his place.

[@tamoghnapramanick2735]

Swapan Sir just slayed it!

[@SwapanD]

And how was it on 23rd May 2019 Mani?

[@nekm9090]

he sent the chaiwala to provide jobs to the unemployed. Chaiwala says "sell pakodas"

[@47atim]

Mani has for a very long time has been suffering from THIS FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE. Ghar me naukar chakar ko chai banake pilao. then and then only your congress party wala will know how Gandhi wished these leaders to be. Please watch the cinema GANDHI, where Sri Gandhiji at a meeting in side the house of a Congress man shows how to behave with a bearer serving tea to the guest.Gandhiji takes the tray from him and serves it himself.The present Congress men should learn. or they will never come back to power however you may try with all the tricks you may up your partys sleeves. CHANAKYA HAS ARRIVED. (Be the utmost crooked if your enemy is crooked and be just and gentle with the weak and poor ) That was CHANAKYS NITI or law in his book Arthasastra. That was the start of Chandra Gupta Maurya's going up all the way to Afganisthan to present day Thiland and north of the Vindhya range Just go into Google if you want these information. DONT ULLU BANAO ,ULLU BANAO ,iNDIA HAS GOOGLE to find out from.

[@MrRocrma]

who is here before 2019 elections :-D

[@RiteshKumar-lw9iz]

what a slap at end Swapan...

[@kmohan24]

Mani Shankar = ISI Agent

[@nel1948son]

Mani Shankar Aiyar is noted for his stupidity and ignorance. Every time he opens his mouth he seems to be betraying more of his debase attitude and elitist arrogance. It is time the Congress shelved him because his senility has become an embarrassment to the party. If he is not shelved or does not offer a proper apology, are the public to believe that Mani Shankar Aiyar's elitist attitude reflects the class and caste culture that exists in the Congress party? It is shameful that the party has been pretending to be secular and against the caste system.

[@nel1948son]

Well, Mani, how does it feel to be cooling your heels now that the gentleman you mocked is the Prime Minister of India? Too bad that with all your elitism, education, disdain for the poor, and arrogance, you could not see the disaster coming on your party. This is the result of allowing arrogance to lull you and your colleagues into a stupor. If you are courageous enough and a man of good character, own up to your remark that was in poor taste, and apologise for the uncouth remark to Mr. Modi, the Prime Minister of India.

[@dilipsave428]

Mr Mani must realise that Mr Modi has sweated for his daily bread while he had prospered on the illgotten corrupt wealth amassed from the various scams he and his party indulged over the years. What disturbs me is his audacity and arrogance to make fun of Mr Modi's humble beginning and his honesty.

[@drbharatj]

Mr Mani why don't you try to speak some thing about your own prime ministerial candidate Mr. PAPPU. S.S.C failed B.A. Pass. Mr. Modi has justified , the dignity of labour. There is nothing wrong in working . I as a Dentist put my hands in dirty mouths of my patients. What's wrong in doing any thing rather than bagging , or pocketing the government money.

[@Sebnayasantrahai]

Elitist and casteist iyer

[@RohitChouhan-dj7se]

NDTV: NEHRU DYNASTY TELEVISION

[@Nokapp23]

We know it in manner it was said. Thanks to TV age. Again Mani Shanker is coward, now he does not want to stand by his word.

[@peeyushgupta5318]

sorry st stephens. change your admission criteria

[@MrSubratamandal]

Ironical! Now Swapan Dasgupta is a nominated member of Rajya Sabha!

[@Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala]

How has W@$t€ Bengal been doing these days?

[@rashibhatt3461]

Mani u and burqa are so much disappointed today .

[@orgas257]

Where is Mani these days? Heard he has been offered brand ambassador position for Agra hospitals by Yogi 😂😂

[@orgas257]

@@hrishikeshrao6216 Agra is known for its mental hospitals where mental/ deranged / people who lose their mental abilities are treated . Given Mani showed these traits long ago , maybe he can be asked fo endorse such hospitals and institutions

[@shrivatsankchari1729]

Swapan was spot on to point out the elitist hubris

[@Khalsa1817]

Every few months I watch this video and Thank Mani Shankar for propelling Modi Ji into the top and laying foundation for Khangress mukt Bharat

[@kvbaisoya]

Mr. $Money$ your economist PM ran the country like "baap ki dukan" and the tea wala PM has already proved you he understands economics from the eye of a tea vender to the deals with big billionaires but without your so called economics degrees, he has ripped your party apart with his managerial skills so wats the point of making a well educated pm.

[@Xoyasal57]

Maniiiiiiiiiiii Where r u now???????? So low, so cheap Certainly having Italian wine under the burka 🤣🤣🤣

[@footballinrain7111]

What a pleasure to visit this in this August month of 2019. What struck me the most was the attitude of Barkha Dutt. She's really had a fall from her high horse. Tevar bahut badle badle hain aaj kal. Apna zeher phailaane ko nahi mil raha hai.

[@micheal6803]

Aaj bol kar dikhaye mani shankar aise😂

[@sanvat6379]

Both are irrelevant now.... 😊

[@AbdullahKhan-ku3vi]

Mani Shankar is after all a Hindu and depressed Congressi who saw nothing but doomed status of Congress Under the leadership of Rahul. So he gave this statement to incite the Hindus and destroy Congress. It was a deliberate statement which he would not have given had he seen any chance of Congress surviving.

[@AbdullahKhan-ku3vi]

Ok This is was a filth you vomited thinking it to be a some wise words of wisdom. If you have finished then what you exactly want to say now

[@AbdullahKhan-ku3vi]

You vomited this filth thinking it to be words of wisdom, right? Good now what you want to say .....

[@flyingafrinak6958]

After 6 year i have to agree with mani shankar aiyar

[@mdbahrozbaburali]

Kind of same. 😂😂

[@krishnadasm7834]

mani is man with class like knowing not his father. may be still counting on some one not known to him. you can conclude this easily by his words and action.

[@govindindurkar3100]

rahul gandhi has not shown any sense of history or geography or anything else.these qualifications are not required for a member of gandhi family.

[@prakkyy]

Mani aiyar is a blot on all brahmins !! Brahmins can be arrogant but never so naive and stupid to downplay Modi's achievement as a Mass leader !!

[@NeerajKumar-ql9su]

+Prakash S he is not a brahmin he eats beef

[@parthasarathynarasimhan4468]

@@NeerajKumar-ql9su For loose talk of Mani shanker he deserves to be punished by public with their torn chapel not once many times

[@adnanhimaloy3665]

Man what just happens to them when they meet each other....😆😆

[@SingerAksh]

If swapan drills he drills deep...🤣🤣🤣

[@soumilsingla3393]

chai Wala of congress party. he serves tea to madam and Pappu and later licks dem.

[@believerone2001]

This whole episode of foul language from an Ayer was contemptible 5 years ago .He was grossly ignorant like other congress guys He has made U turn now after the comentators have lost their bearings now. Ayer may be prepared to modify his language and change for better. He has already blamed Ghandis for their defeat in another channel.

[@lightyagami5760]

Swapan got exactly that literally. Nominated seat in Rajya sabha.

[@sumitrana1212]

The bitchslap at the last was good one from swapan but the reaction of Mani was pure gold. Lolss. A typical reaction of rich and elite the kind of you see among Lutyen's mob.

[@vishallohkare6412]

I think now. Manishankar Iyer must be selling tea at Congress committee meeting. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Modi on way to break record of being second longest serving Prime Minister. And after 2024 Modiji will surpass Nehru also. 😂😂

[@ushasarma4389]

If you would have been so knowledgeable Mani Shankar, you could have become P.M. and not a non entity in Congress. You can’t achieve any thing by abusing P.M.

[@roymathews3852]

Mani gave Swapan a potent dose of his own medicine. Swapan committed a major faux pax. Low level appointment- slip of tongue? Gaffe personified.

[@any7334]

By keeping completely.silent in 2022 Mani shankar Iyer thought he.will at least not help BJP this time. My dear Mani..plz keep talking. We need you in 2024 too! See? Your silence didn't help this year..? Tch tch.....so plz keep spilling your elitist attitude all over the place. Really..

[@c.ravindran2868]

Shankar iyer says Modi does not deserves to be appointed as PM.But he was supporting Sonia,a forgienier studied up to 10th who worked in a bar, to become PM in 2004. This fellow is selfish to the core .It is a pity that he was selected for IAS.For him only Sonia or Rahul, or Priyanka or Robert vadra should rule India.Every body else is unfit to become PM of India.

[@sureshkumarpillai7484]

Maniyude kalassam keeri vitu

[@jaysurati9266]

I request MODIJI ,RAW, CBI to find a way to catch & relate manishankar with ISI , Some how Indict him send him to jail Put him with some goons in jail and let them torture him every moment but don't kill till next 50years

[@shankarmukherjee8472]

Only Swapan Dasgupta is enough to expose the other Lutyen fed journos in this panel . We take pride in being Hindu . Bharat Mata Ki Jai . Oh oh Swapan , what a retort to the guy ( hate to utter his name ) in your last sentense 😂😂 .

[@venkataramankuppuswamy1132]

Mani Shankar Iyer ( incidentally I am also an Iyer) has become s schizoprenic.

[@hitu541]

That chai wala from gujrat is now a strong world leader...some people cant digest the fact ...

[@nirakarpattanaik6154]

Mani ki muh stich kardena chahie.....murkh badbol

[@kiritshah435]

Congress needs young turks who are university graduates to take the party forward. All the corruption tainted leaders should immediately make way and resign . Dynasty leaders should be the first ones to go. India has many young qualified people to take over the leadership mantle. Also people interested to take over public office should first declare their wealth and how they acquired it.

[@hunkinhider]

mani shankar is a short tempered person ..... not fit for the diplomatic approach which is required in politics

[@OlahuUber_29]

he was chief minister of Gujarat thrice. u don't need knowledge of history to rule this country. what u need is hunger and discipline in commitment to take this country to a greater heights. and people of Gujarat trusted him again and gain for 3 consecutive elections Rahul Gandhi ( chota bheem) didn't even played any role in central cabinet and not even spoke even at once for his amethi. forget about this nation. why we will let his dumbo to acquire highest post. ?? Mani is nothing but a true scumbag with low mentality. and still congress calls themselves a secular.

[@ramalingub9646]

whether this sickular basterd is a human or a dog licking the feet of italian basterds.

[@virendragandhi31]

Manishankar Aiyar must be taught a good lesson so that he will forget politics.All congress leaders think that Indian people are their slaves, and they have right to loot the public.

[@ramalingub9646]

we indians proved it all these years,at least now we must prove that we have changed by electing any HINDU as ower leader over these italian basterds.

[@murugantn9027]

Low level poisonous Politician mani rubbish comments .

[@ajaysoni2001]

Where is Manishankar now? Might be selling tea in front of vacant congress offices.

[@sudhapillai1128]

Mani is mad

[@pshah9696]

One can see how burkha bano is impressed with reply from mani

[@vak19621962]

Is Mani More Mohammad Than Aiyar alive and well ?

[@Xoyasal57]

Cheap remark from an so called Elite…. Sick man

[@loveislove9211]

Mani is nothing more than a abusive troll.

[@subhashkapur4148]

Inb4 2019 elections

[@shalu3114]

Mani Shankar aiyyer is greater than chatu kar.

[@rajpillay7354]

Mani aiyar desh drohi hay our rahega, dek te rahena usko Kya hotta hai.

[@gaganahuja07]

Haha. Swapan da, you nailed it.

[@ravindrenkrishnan7203]

Mani Shankar is a pariah. A good for nothing.

[@rudrarishi2523]

So well said by Swapan Dasgupta

[@captkumareswaran9305]

Mani is utensil cleaner inside sonias kitchen

[@roadrunner2710]

Where is he now and where is Modi. 😁

[@yeasad]

1:48 what a prediction.

[@kashinathshete6602]

Makkar harrami Mani Shankar

[@ramakrishna206]

Secrate wepon of bjp

[@Sat24340]

Are waah kya scene hain, mani + barkha aur ye jo do chaar vaampanthi baithe hain. Sabhi haare huye juaari jab ek saath baith jaate hain toh Sab ka gum halka ho jaata hain..

[@mohsinaamod3308]

I think that Mani Shankar is only a peace maker but u Swapan are a trouble maker

[@sumitsharma797]

mulla mc

[@vhdbktkdl]

WHAT Pratibha Patil was knowing and what SONIA GANDHI is knowing, and now what RAHUL GANDHI KNOWING. And what are the educational qualifications of INDIRA GANDHI that no one knows. There are ministers who can't speak their own mother tongue and can't put their signatures. But NARENDRA BHAI MODI the tea vendor has shown that what he could do and the world has accepted him as the leader.

[@sanjeevreddy393]

You have lot of knowledge, what have you achieved. Nothing. Mr. Aiyyar you will remain a perpetual critic (unconstructive) till you die.

[@sanmrita]

Mani s Iyer comes out as an obnoxious snob in this clip on which he has claim from quite some time. No surprise here.

[@TheSheraindian]

If rahul will say to mani lick my feet , mani will happily do that like a slave as he is , an incapable fellow sitting in lutyens out of sycophancy.

[@sridhar2791]

Gopal Krishna Gandhi' s letter to Modi. Modi far better bearing a pyala to many than being a chamcha [Manishankar] to one [Gandhi].

[@sureshpolali4616]

Mani Shankar was selling tea before Corona hit. Now that also he had to stop as no one is buying tea any longer

[@shivaprakashm.r.5307]

It is mani Shankar Ayer trem to put a tea stall in front of legislative house now what is his party's stand don't yap other wise you will face more criticisum

[@UdaySingh-im4hd]

modi PM bhi ban gaya aur 5yrs complete bhi kar diya..aur congress ka tel bhi nikal diya

[@robin-38-]

Oh yes swapan you triggered NDTV sooks as well as Mani.

[@kiranpatel342]

Modiji please give thug manishankar for udipi he