Opposition MPs including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad lawmaker Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday held a protest in the Parliament premises against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and RJD MP Manoj Sinha among others also participated in the protest. Advertisement The Opposition MPs alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks yesterday show that the BJP and the RSS leaders have a “lot of hatred” for B R Ambedkar and demanded an apology from him.
They alleged that Amit Shah insulted Ambedkar in his speech yesterday. The lawmakers were seen carrying pictures of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Advertisement Amit Shah has lashed out at the Congress, saying that it had become a ‘fashion’ for the party to take Ambedkar’s name.
Shah, during his speech said, “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).
” Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge said, “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 cond.
