New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Opposition MPs including Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi held a protest in the Parliament premises against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar on the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, MPs including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Varsha Gaikwad, Kumari Selja, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Sinha along with others participated in the protest. Also Read | New Year 2025 'Gift' for Maharashtra: MSRTC To Induct 1,300 New Buses for Passengers, Announces State Minister Bharat Gogawale.
The Opposition MPs were seen carrying pictures of Babasaheb Ambedkar. They have alleged that Amit Shah insulted Ambedkar in his speech yesterday. This came after Amit Shah lashed out at the Congress party and said that it had become a 'fashion' for the party to take Ambedkar's name.
Also Read | Kathua Fire: Former Deputy SP, 5 Others Suffocate to Death As Blaze Erupts Inside House in Jammu and Kashmir (Watch Video). "If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar then they would have got heaven for seven lives," Shah said. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm after the opposition protest.
Earlier today, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh in reply to Shah's remarks in Parliament on Babasaheb Ambedkar said that the BJP was habituated to "chant" the name of the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to disguise their inability to tackle problems of inflation,.
