Congress demands Amit Shah's apology for 'Ambedkar remark'

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Home Minister Amit Shahs remarks in the Rajya Sabha during a debate on the Constitution show that the BJP and the RSS leaders have a lot of hatred for B R Ambedkar and demanded an apology from himFormer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said those who believe in Manusmriti will definitely be at odds with Ambedkar Congress general secretaryincharge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a video snippet on X from Shahs speech in the upper houseAbhi ek fashion ho gaya hai Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar Ambedkar If they had taken Gods name so many times they would have got a place in heaven Shah said taking a swipe at the oppositionShah said the BJP is happy that the Congress is taking Ambedkars name but the party should also speak about its real sentiments towards him He pointed out how Ambedkar had to resign from the first Cabinet citing his disagreement with the then Congressled governments policies including Article 370Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at Shah saying the insult of Babasaheb by the home minister has once again proven that the BJPRSS were against the tricolour their forefathers opposed the Ashok Chakra and the people of the Sangh Parivar wanted to implement Manusmriti instead of the Constitution of India from the very first dayBabasaheb Dr Ambedkar Ji did not allow this to happen that is why there is so much hatred towards him Kharge said The ministers of the Modi government should understand carefully that for crores of people like me Babasaheb Ambedkar is no less than God He is and will always be the messiah of Dalits tribals backward classes minorities and the poor Kharge said in a post in Hindi on XIn a post on X Ramesh said Amit Shah has said something very disgusting This shows that the BJP and RSS leaders have a lot of hatred for Baba Saheb Ambedkar The hatred is such that they are annoyed even by his name These are the same people whose ancestors used to burn the effigies of Baba Saheb who themselves used to talk about changing the Constitution given by Baba Saheb the Congress leader saidAs the people taught them a lesson they are now annoyed with those who take Baba Sahebs name he said Shameful Amit Shah should apologise to the country for this Ramesh asserted Congress general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal also hit out at Shah over his remarksHM Amit Shah in case you didnt know Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is equivalent to God and the Constitution he drafted is a Holy Book for crores of people across the world How dare you speak about Dr Ambedkar with such disdain he said The BJPs disgust towards Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was always well known and the Home Ministers pathetic statements in the Rajya Sabha today further confirm how much they hate and detest Dr Ambedkar Venugopal alleged in a post on XThe worshippers of Manusmriti will always have scorn towards Ambedkar who rejected the horrible ideas espoused by the casteist RSS and their Manusmriti he said Those who spoke of changing the Constitution if they won 400 seats are now openly mocking our countrys reverence for Dr Ambedkar Venugopal saidThose who pretended to bow before him could not hide their true feelings for too long and this dangerous statement from the BJP top brass shows they have lost the right to speak about Ambedkar ever again he said The home minister attacked the Congress in the Rajya Sabha saying the party treated the Constitution as the private fiefdom of one family and played fraud with ParliamentConcluding a twoday debate on the Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India Shah ripped into the Congress for its appeasement politics and claimed that the party wanted to breach the 50 per cent quota limit to provide reservation to Muslims He also asked the Congress if it supported the Muslim personal law and alleged that the party never worked for the welfare of the backward classes Shah asserted that the BJP has already brought in a common civil code Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand and will implement it in all statesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever