Oppn flays Amit Shah for Ambedkar remarks, O’Brien recordsdata privilege movement

Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha chief Derek O’Brien submitted a privilege discover right now in opposition to Union house minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Dr B.R. Ambedkar, a supply claimed.

In accordance with the supply, the discover has been filed below Rule 187 of Guidelines of Process and Conduct of Enterprise of the Rajya Sabha. The discover additionally quoted the assertion the house minister made within the Higher Home on Tuesday, 17 December, throughout his speech within the debate marking 75 years of the Structure of India.

Each the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha witnessed protests from the Congress and another opposition events over Shah’s alleged insult of Ambedkar, leading to each Homes being adjourned.

Mocking the Congress for repeatedly invoking B.R. Ambedkar, Shah mentioned that had they taken God’s title as many instances, they might have earned a spot in heaven for seven generations of their descendants by now.

“Abhi ek trend ho gaya hai — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (it has develop into a trend to say ‘Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. Had they taken God’s title so many instances, they might have gotten a spot in heaven for seven generations/rebirths by now),” Shah had mentioned.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who led the INDIA bloc in a protest demo outdoors Parliament bearing portraits of the Father of the Indian Structure, retorted right now, saying Ambedkar’s title was synonymous with human rights and dignity for crores of disprivileged and Dalit residents of India.