Ready for any punishment if Cong suffers in polls: Aiyar

New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said he would accept any punishment if the party suffers damage in the Gujarat polls because of his comments.

Aiyar was suspended on Thursday from the party for making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“If the Congress suffers any damage in the Gujarat polls because of my comments, then whatever punishment the party deems fit I will accept it,” he said on the sidelines of an India-Pakistan seminar here.

“The Congress has given me a lot. There is no future for India if there is no Congress,” he said.