New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the country will not tolerate insults to the architect of the Constitution in response to Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks about Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. He also said the interior minister should apologize. Rahul Gandhi, while sharing photos of the opposition protesting at the Parliament House, posted on his WhatsApp channel, “Baba Saheb was the architect of the Constitution and a great man who gave the country the direction.” The country is not Will tolerate his insults, nor the insults of the Constitution he created. The Home Minister should apologize.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi posted on “X”, “Using Ambedkar Ji’s name gives power. Taking Ambedkar Ji’s name as a symbol of human dignity. Ambedkar Kaji’s name is a symbol of self-respect for tens of millions of Dalits and poor people, the Congress party and the opposition parties claimed while answering a two-day discussion on “75 Glorious Journey of the Indian Constitution”. Sabha, insulted Babasaheb in Tuesday’s speech The main opposition party released a video clip of Shah’s speech, in which the home minister can be heard taking a dig at the opposition, saying: “It has become a fashion now – Ambedkar. , Ambedkar. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Congress of disrupting parliamentary proceedings over Amit Shah’s remarks and said the opposition had distorted the home minister’s remarks.
Haq: Amit Shah should apologize to country and resign
Congress president Mallikarjun Haq, while addressing reporters inside the Assembly complex, also claimed that Amit Shah’s remarks meant that even using Babasaheb’s name was a crime. He said: “When Amit Shahji made a statement in the House (Rajya Sabha) yesterday in the name of Babasaheb Ambedkarji, I raised my hand and sought permission to speak. But no words were given to me At that time, we all sat quietly in the spirit of cooperation because we were discussing the constitution.” According to the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Federation, the entire opposition protested against the way the Home Minister insulted Babasaheb.
Haq claimed that the ‘Manusmriti’ and RSS ideology in the minds of Amit Shah and the BJP people showed that they did not respect Babasaheb’s constitution. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Kharge said: “We strongly object to Shah’s remarks.” He said the country and fellow countrymen will not tolerate insults against Babasaheb and “Amit Shah should apologize to the entire country and resign from office. ”
Rijiju: Congress distorted comments
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused the Congress of disrupting Amit Shah’s response to Constitution framer Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s remarks and said the opposition had distorted the home minister’s remarks. “A short clip of Amit Shah’s speech in the Lok Sabha is being circulated in which his remarks have been distorted,” Rijiju told reporters inside the Parliament building. “This is wrong.” I condemn it. He said Shah made it clear that the Congress had insulted Babasaheb when he was alive. “To clear their sins, for political and electoral gain, they (Congress) adopted Ambedkar’s name,” Rijiju said. ”
The parliamentary affairs minister said that the current government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done a lot to commemorate Ambedkar. “We respect Ambedkar,” he added, “Congress should explain why Ambedkar had to resign from the Nehru cabinet. Nehru insulted him, so he had to resign. He forced Ambedkar to lose Lost the Lok Sabha election.” On this issue, the Congress party and other opposition parties set off an uproar in the House and Senate, demanding the resignation of the Union Home Minister. Amid an uproar from the opposition parties in the Union House, Rijiju said the home minister expressed respect and reverence for Ambedkar while addressing the House. Rijiju said Shah also narrated how the Congress insulted Baba Saheb. He said: “While he was alive, he was defeated by the Congress in the 1952 elections as part of a conspiracy. The Congress defeated him again in the by-elections. If the Congress had not defeated Baba Saheb, even in 1952 Later, he would also win the election and become a member of the House of Representatives.
Rijiju said that even after his death, the Congress tried every means to humiliate him and did not even give him Bharat Ratna. He said, “Congress is toying with the country by insulting him.” The Parliamentary Affairs Minister said what mouth is Congress talking about insulting Baba Saheb today, it itself has done so time and time again. “Congress has used Ambedkar’s name time and time again to cheat,” he said. “I am a Buddhist and follow the path shown by Baba Saheb. In 1951, Baba Saheb resigned as law minister Post. After 71 years, Modi appoints second Buddhist as minister. We are following the path shown by Ambedkar. These people are misusing his name as a vote bank.”
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