Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar apologized for using the word 'blame' for the 1962 Chinese attack.

Ahead of the last phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's statement created a political frenzy. In 1962, he created a new problem for the Congress by misusing the term China's alleged invasion. But Mani Shankar Iyer also apologised, seeing that the matter had escalated. The BJP termed the Congress leader's statement as a shameless attempt at revisionism. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on social media that Aiyar later apologized for using the word, which was allegedly offensive. The Congress party has distanced itself from the original wording. Along with this, he also alleged that the Prime Minister had given a clean chit to China's incursion in May 2020. Congress President Mani Shankar Aiyar, while recounting an incident at the Foreign Correspondents' Club program on Tuesday, said that in October 1962, the Chinese had attacked India. Following this, in the statement issued by Iyer, I fully apologize for using the term, which is allegedly mistaken, before the Chinese attack. Congress leader Iyer has long been associated with controversial statements. This is not the first time that Ayer has landed the party in trouble with his statements. Earlier he had also commented on Prime Minister Modi. Even then, the Congress party distanced itself from Iyer's statements. As the Lok Sabha elections are currently underway, the last phase of voting is yet to take place. In such a situation, the party eventually backed away from Aiyar's statement. BJP hits out at Congress: BJP IT chief Amit Malviya slams Congress over Aiyar's recent controversial statement. This is a shameless attempt at revisionism, he said in a post. What does Congress's Chinese affection show?