No minister ‘insulted’ Ambedkar the best way Amit Shah did: Priyanka Gandhi phrases BJP ‘anti-Structure’ | India Information – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Congress chief and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday criticised Union residence minister Amit Shah for insulting BR Ambedkar and the Indian Structure throughout a current session within the Rajya Sabha.
She claimed no authorities previously had disrespected the Structure or its architect in such a fashion.
Talking on the ‘Gandhi Bharat’ occasion in Belagavi, Karnataka, organised to mark the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi chairing the Congress session in 1924, Vadra alleged that the BJP was intent on weakening the Structure and its establishments.
“Many governments have come and gone, together with non-Congress governments, however no authorities had a minister who stood in Parliament and insulted Ambedkar,” she said. Vadra argued that the BJP’s ideological roots within the RSS emboldened it to insult Ambedkar and his rules. She additionally claimed that RSS members had burned Ambedkar’s effigy previously.

She mentioned the BJP’s priorities weren’t the nation or democracy, and accused the occasion of being “anti-Structure” because of its ideological stance. “They’re towards the Structure as a result of their founder and beliefs mocked the Structure and the nationwide flag, calling them international and inauspicious,” she mentioned.
Vadra additionally reminded the viewers of BJP’s controversial Structure Evaluation Committee, alleging that it was a part of their agenda to undermine social justice, reservations, and the judiciary. She criticised BJP-led insurance policies, together with amendments to the SEBI Act, the weakening of the Lokpal Invoice, and labour legal guidelines, as being detrimental to the folks.
Highlighting atrocities towards ladies in BJP-ruled states, she mentioned the occasion protected criminals as a substitute of victims. Vadra additionally accused the BJP of implementing legal guidelines that harmed farmers, referring to the protests towards the now-repealed farm legal guidelines, which resulted within the deaths of 700 farmers.

In her speech, she instructed the viewers, “In 2024, the folks taught the BJP a lesson, which was good as a result of it scared Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After that, when he went to Parliament, he bowed earlier than the Structure. You made him do that.”
Themed ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, the occasion additionally targeted on reinforcing Ambedkar’s legacy and criticising the BJP for what the Congress alleged have been makes an attempt to erode India’s democratic values.