Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'lifeline' for NDA: LPG anger shifts to sympathy for PM Modi

• Opposition parties are protesting nationwide against the NDA government over the severe LPG commercial and domestic cylinder shortage.
• Former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's controversial remarks about PM Modi provided a 'lifeline' to the cornered NDA government.
• An FIR has been registered against Aiyar at Gandhi Nagar police station for allegedly using abusive words against PM Modi.
• BJP capitalized on Aiyar's statement, successfully shifting public anger over the LPG shortage into sympathy for PM Modi.
• Aiyar clarified he called PM Modi a 'low-level person' based on character, not caste, and questioned his historical claims and 'chaiwala' narrative.