Chennai: In a new twist to the controversy over the alleged attack by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) workers on Mani Shankar Aiyar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on October 15 alleged that the Congress MP "abused" her in "filthy and unprintable language" in English and absolved her partymen of any blame.

Seeking to turn the tables on Aiyar on the attack he alleged was by some AIADMK workers in Vanchur near Tamil Nadu-Pondicherry border, she said it was "stage managed" to gain political mileage and public sympathy.

Aiyar and top Tamil Nadu Congress leaders on October 15 met Governor Ramamohan Rao and demanded "restoration" of law and order and "constitutional" government in the state, failing which the Centre should action against the state government.

"Only a police investigation will reveal what really transpired. Prematurely condemning AIADMK men before the results of the investigation are known is both unjust and unfair," she said on the controversy surrounding the alleged attack on Aiyar after an official function in Nagapattinam.

Aiyar, as MP of the constituency concerned, was present at the function where Jayalalithaa referred to his sarcastic remarks that he would donate her to the Guruvayoor temple in Kerala like she donated an elephant. Following her reference, Aiyar went to her, said something and left the dais, after which he claimed he was attacked in his car by AIADMK workers in nearby Vanchur from where he escaped to Karaikal in Pondicherry.

PTI