Overview
- A First Information Report was registered at Jaipur’s Gandhinagar police station after a complaint alleged Aiyar used indecent language about the prime minister during a March 14 lecture.
- Complainant Babulal Tanwar accused Aiyar of remarks intended to create social discord, and police said they are examining the evidence, including video circulated online.
- Aiyar reiterated that he never called Narendra Modi a person of ‘low caste’ and said his ‘low kind of person’ comment referred to conduct, not caste.
- He rejected claims he derided Modi’s tea-seller background and instead questioned Modi’s historical knowledge while doubting the Vadnagar railway platform tea-selling account, citing the platform’s 1973 opening.
- BJP workers protested in Jaipur, burned Aiyar’s effigy, and leaders including Shravan Singh Bagri and Bhupendra Saini demanded an immediate apology and signaled more demonstrations if none is offered.