India, May 8 -- The Congress's decision to form an alliance with the Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam(TVK) in Tamil Nadu has created rift not just within the INDIA alliance bloc, but also within the Congress party itself. The latest in this has been veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's criticism of his own party.

Aiyar on Friday slammed the party for the alliance move saying it had 'violated' Mahatma Gandhi's injunction of 'government by morality'. Track updates on TN govt formation

"In November 1925, a hundred years ago, Mahatma Gandhi laid down the injunction in his Gujarati magazine, Navjeevan, that Swaraj should mean government by morality. And it is this injunction that has been violated by the Congress Party, Mahatma Gan...