New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar hit back at Congress party's media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, claiming that if Khera expels him from the grand old party, he would "happily go outside and kick his backside" after leaving.

"...I am in the Congress party, I haven't left it. If Pawan Khera is going to expel me, I will happily go outside and kick his backside after I have left," Aiyar told news wire ANI.

Aiyar's remarks come after Pawan Khera, on Sunday, claimed that the leader "has had no connection whatsoever with the Congress for the past few years".

Aiyar served as the Union minister for panchayati raj during the Congress-led UPA government. He was suspended from Congress in December 2017 a...