The Congress on Tuesday criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on BR Ambedkar in Parliament and demanded an apology from him. Shah, in his address in the Rajya Sabha at the conclusion of a two-day discussion in Rajya Sabha on 75 years of the Constitution on Tuesday, had lashed out at the Congress party and said that it had become a 'fashion' for the party to take Ambedkar's name. " Abhi 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 God's name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven)," Shah said, taking a swipe at the opposition. Also Read | BJP governments to soon bring UCC in all states: Union home minister Amit Shah The home minister said that while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is happy that the Congress is taking Ambedkar’s name but the party should also speak about its real sentiments towards him.
Several Congress leaders, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, lashed out at Shah over the remarks. Gandhi, in a post on X, wrote that those who believe in Manusmriti will definitely be at odds with Ambedkar. Kharge said that the “insult” of Babasaheb Ambedkar by the home minister “has once again proven that the BJP-RSS were against the tricolour, their foref.
