‘Edited, Out-Of-Context Video Used For Political Features’: JD(U) Slams Congress, AAP On Ambedkar Row – News18

Final Up to date:December 21, 2024, 06:00 IST

Talking with News18, Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, nationwide spokesperson and a senior chief of JD(U), highlighted the Congress’s ‘lengthy historical past of sidelining Ambedkar’

In the course of the uproar in Parliament over Amit Shah’s remarks involving Dr BR Ambedkar, Janata Dal (United) has defended the union residence minister, accusing the Congress of operating an “edited and out-of-context” video to fabricate outrage and garner political sympathy.

The assist of JD(U), one of many main companions within the Nationwide Democratic Alliance, is critical as a result of the get together and its senior leaders together with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar typically emphasise their ideological reference to Dr BR Ambedkar’s teachings and notably his deal with social justice, equality, and empowerment of marginalised communities.

Talking with News18, Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, nationwide spokesperson and a senior chief of JD(U), highlighted the Congress’s “lengthy historical past of sidelining Ambedkar”, asserting that the get together’s leaders at the moment are opportunistically attempting to say Dr BR Ambedkar’s legacy for political beneficial properties.

‘Shah’s video edited to mislead public’

“The Congress, which humiliated Babasaheb Ambedkar on a number of events, is now shedding crocodile tears to garner sympathy. From opposing his draft Structure to denying him electoral assist, their hypocrisy is aware of no bounds,” stated the senior JD(U) chief.

The get together additionally dismissed the controversy round Amit Shah’s speech, including that his remarks had been a factual recounting of Ambedkar’s struggles and the way he was nearly mistreated by the Congress throughout his lifetime.

“The video being circulated by Congress is closely edited to mislead the general public. They’re solely displaying 12 seconds of the edited video and attempting to indicate a complete out-of-context impression of Amit Shah’s speech. The context of Shah’s speech was to reveal Ambedkar’s humiliation, to not disrespect him,” Rajiv Ranjan Prasad added.

Arvind Kejriwal’s letter to Nitish Kumar

Aam Aadmi Celebration convener Arvind Kejriwal, in the meantime, wrote to Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Celebration chief N Chandrababu Naidu, one other key NDA ally, requesting them to come back out and condemn the remarks of Amit Shah involving Dr BR Ambedkar.

Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, although, slammed Kejriwal for his “try to take advantage of the difficulty”, regardless of not being in an alliance with the Congress. “Kejriwal’s selective outrage is one other instance of his political opportunism. Whereas he writes letters to Nitish Kumar, he conveniently ignores Congress’s historic stand,” he remarked.

JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar additionally launched a scathing assault on Kejriwal, saying the AAP convener was pained as a result of Amit Shah was exposing the chief of his alliance (INDIA), his get together, and his household. He stated that the “misbehaviour” of the Congress Celebration and its leaders in direction of Baba Saheb is “unforgivable”.

The JD(U), nevertheless, reiterated its dedication to Ambedkar’s teachings. “For us,

Babasaheb’s imaginative and prescient has at all times been and can at all times be the guiding gentle, not a device for election-time posturing, as it’s for the Congress,” stated Rajiv Ranjan Prasad.