Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday demanded the resignation of union home minister Amit Shah, alleging that the latter had insulted Dalit icon BR Ambedkar in the parliament. The BJP accused the opposition of distorting Shah's remark. "He has insulted Baba Saheb Ambedkar and the Constitution.
His ideology of Manusmriti and RSS makes it clear that he does not want to respect Baba Saheb Ambedkar's Constitution. We condemn this, and we demand his resignation. He should apologise to the people of the country.
..He should resign from his position,” Kharge said.
Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Congress had made it a fashion to take Ambedkar's name. "If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar, they would have got heaven for seven lives," Shah said. The Congress today mounted a strong protest against the remark in the parliament.
Also read: Opposition parties protest against Amit Shah’s comments on BR Ambedkar Attacking Amit Shah, Kharge said taking Ambedkar's name has become a crime under BJP's rule. "When Amit Shah was talking about Dr BR Ambedkar, he said 'You people keep chanting the name of Ambedkar 100 times, if you took the name of God these many times, you would have gone to heaven 7 times'. This means that taking the name of Baba Saheb Ambedkar is a crime, and he intended to oppose the Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
I opposed this but I was not given the opportunity," he added. BJP attacks Congress Meanwhile, union parliamentar.
