NEW DELHI: A massive political row erupted on Wednesday over Union minister Amit Shah's remark on Dr. BR Ambedkar as the Congress tried to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the saffron party defended its leader's remarks. As the opposition MPs, led by Rahul Gandhi protested in Parliament premises, both the Houses were adjourned till 2 pm within minutes amid uproar over the issue.
Proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned amid chants of "Jai Bhim" from the opposition. Meanwhile, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju defended Shah was right in pointing out how Congress was misusing Ambedkar's name. "The home minister expressed our reverence for Dr.
BR Ambedkar in many words and also mentioned how the Congress party insulted Ambedkar during his lifetime. Despite being alive and even after his passing, the Congress party did not honor him with the Bharat Ratna for many years," Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha. He further accused the grand old party of insulting Ambedkar by working to defeat him in the 1952 general elections and playing with the country's dignity.
"Additionally, the Congress party insulted him by working to defeat him in the 1952 elections. When a by-election occurred again, the Congress party once again defeated him. If the Congress party had not defeated him, Ambedkar would have been a member of parliament.
By defeating him, they played with the country's dignity," Rijiju said. "Today, by using his name, they have misused it, which the Ho.
