New Delhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday revoked the suspension of senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyar from party’s primary membership.

In a release, AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot said the Congress president has approved the recommendation of the Central Disciplinary Committee of AICC for revocation of suspension of Mani Shankar Aiyar from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect.

Aiyar was suspended from the party in December last year after he had reportedly called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech aadmi” .

Aiyar had set off a political firestorm when he had called Modi a “neech kism ka aadmi” , a remark the latter claimed was a casteist slur against him.

The comment had drawn criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Modi who attributed the use of the word to Congress’ feudal arrogance. After the controversial remark, then Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had taken to Twitter to publicly censure Aiyar.

Gandhi had disapproved of Aiyar’s remark and said both he and the party expected the senior leader to apologise.