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Amit Shah claimed that Nehru wrote to BC Roy saying that there could also be some little bit of loss if Rajaji quits however the Cupboard will not be weakened if Ambedkar leaves.
Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah speaks throughout the Structure debate within the Rajya Sabha on the winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 17. (Picture: PTI)
BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya on Wednesday hit out on the Congress for “resorting to politics of spreading confusion”. His response got here after the grand outdated social gathering alleged that Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s remarks within the Rajya Sabha throughout a debate on the Structure present that the BJP and the RSS leaders have a “lot of hatred” for B R Ambedkar and demanded an apology from him.
Posting Shah’s Parliament speech, Malviya wrote on X, “The credibility of Congress has turn out to be zero. That’s the reason now they must resort to politics of spreading confusion. Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s whole assertion exposes the Congress’s hatred in direction of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and the Dalit group. Take heed to the whole speech.”
Within the video posted by the BJP IT cell in-charge, Shah could be heard saying: “Why did Ambedkar resign from nation’s first Cupboard? He had stated that he’s sad with the injustice completed to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Ambedkar additionally stated that he doesn’t agree with the federal government’s international coverage and Article 370. He was then assured however that promise was additionally not fulfilled. Therefore, resulting from ignorance, he resigned.”
Amit Shah additional stated that BC Roy had written a letter asking then PM Jawahar Lal Nehru what is going to occur if Rajaji and Ambedkar depart the Cupboard.
“In response, Nehru wrote to him saying that there could also be some little bit of loss if Rajaji quits however the Cupboard received’t be weakened if Ambedkar depart.”
कांग्रेस की विश्वसनीयता शून्य हो गई है। इसलिए अब भ्रम फैलाने की राजनीति का सहारा लेना पड़ रहा है। गृहमंत्री अमित शाह जी का पूरा बयान कांग्रेस की बाबा साहेब अंबेडकर और दलित समाज के प्रति नफ़रत को उजागर करता है। पूरा भाषण सुनिए। https://t.co/rIUtEj1bS7 pic.twitter.com/dw5Ne2AJXT— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) December 17, 2024
An issue over Dwelling Minister’s speech erupted after Congress normal secretary-in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a video snippet on X from Shah’s speech within the higher home.
“Abhi ek vogue ho gaya hai – Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (It has turn out to be a fasheahion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. If they’d taken God’s title so many occasions, they might have gotten a spot in heaven),” Shah stated, taking a swipe on the opposition.
Shah stated the BJP is comfortable that the Congress is taking Ambedkar’s title however the social gathering must also discuss its actual sentiments in direction of him. He then identified how Ambedkar needed to resign from the primary Cupboard citing his disagreement with the then Congress-led authorities’s insurance policies together with Article 370.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at Shah, saying the “insult” of Babasaheb by the house minister “has as soon as once more confirmed that the BJP-RSS had been in opposition to the tricolour, their forefathers opposed the Ashok Chakra and the folks of the Sangh Parivar wished to implement Manusmriti as a substitute of the Structure of India from the very first day”.
“Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar Ji didn’t permit this to occur, that’s the reason there’s a lot hatred in direction of him,” Kharge stated.
“The ministers of the Modi authorities ought to perceive fastidiously that for crores of individuals like me, Babasaheb Ambedkar is at least God… He’s and can at all times be the messiah of Dalits, tribals, backward courses, minorities and the poor,” Kharge stated in a submit in Hindi on X.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated those that consider in Manusmriti will certainly be at odds with Ambedkar.
In a submit on X, Ramesh stated, “Amit Shah has stated one thing very disgusting. This exhibits that the BJP and RSS leaders have quite a lot of hatred for Baba Saheb Ambedkar.” “The hatred is such that they’re aggravated even by his title. These are the identical folks whose ancestors used to burn the effigies of Baba Saheb, who themselves used to speak about altering the Structure given by Baba Saheb,” the Congress chief stated.
Because the folks taught them a lesson, they’re now aggravated with those that take Baba Saheb’s title, he stated.
“Shameful! Amit Shah ought to apologise to the nation for this,” Ramesh asserted.
Congress normal secretary in-charge organisation Okay C Venugopal additionally hit out at Shah over his remarks.
“HM Amit Shah, in case you didn’t know – Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar is equal to God and the Structure he drafted is a Holy Guide for crores of individuals the world over. How dare you discuss Dr. Ambedkar with such disdain?” he stated.
“The BJP’s disgust in direction of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was at all times well-known, and the Dwelling Minister’s pathetic statements within the Rajya Sabha as we speak additional verify how a lot they hate and detest Dr. Ambedkar,” Venugopal alleged in a submit on X.
The worshippers of Manusmriti will at all times have scorn in direction of Ambedkar, who rejected the horrible concepts espoused by the casteist RSS and their Manusmriti, he stated.
“Those that spoke of adjusting the Structure in the event that they received 400+ seats, at the moment are brazenly mocking our nation’s reverence for Dr. Ambedkar,” Venugopal stated.
Those that pretended to bow earlier than him couldn’t conceal their true emotions for too lengthy, and this harmful assertion from the BJP prime brass exhibits they’ve misplaced the precise to talk about Ambedkar ever once more, he stated.
The house minister attacked the Congress within the Rajya Sabha, saying the social gathering handled the Structure because the “personal fiefdom” of 1 household and “performed fraud” with Parliament.
Concluding a two-day debate on the “Wonderful Journey of 75 Years of the Structure of India”, Shah ripped into the Congress for its appeasement politics and claimed that the social gathering wished to breach the 50 per cent quota restrict to offer reservation to Muslims.
He additionally requested the Congress if it supported the Muslim private legislation and alleged that the social gathering by no means labored for the welfare of the backward courses. Shah asserted that the BJP has already introduced in a standard civil code (Uniform Civil Code) in Uttarakhand and can implement it in all states.
(With inputs from PTI)
