Proceedings had been stalled in each the Homes of Parliament Wednesday after protests by Opposition members claiming that Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah had insulted Dr B R Ambedkar throughout his speech on Tuesday.
The Opposition seized on part of Shah’s speech throughout the debate on the Structure in RS: “Abhi ek trend ho gaya hai — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… Itna naam agar Bhagwan ka lete toh saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (There’s a trend nowadays — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… Had you chanted the identify of God these many instances, you’ll have been blessed with heaven in seven births.” He added, “we’re completely happy that Ambedkar’s identify is being taken,” earlier than itemizing Congress’s “injustices” in the direction of him.
Within the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, amid protests by the Opposition, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar mentioned that he had the privilege of being member of the Home and within the Council of Ministers when Dr Ambedkar was conferred the Bharat Ratna, and it was good that there was such curiosity in his teachings nowadays.
Within the morning, after the Home went forward with the scheduled Zero Hour, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh alleged that Shah “insulted” Ambedkar together with his remarks. A number of different Congress members began elevating slogans.
Countering them, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned, “Yesterday in very clear phrases we heard that the Dwelling Minister expressed our reverence for Dr Ambedkar. He (Shah) additionally instructed how Congress insulted him throughout his lifetime and didn’t confer the Bharat Ratna on him even after his loss of life.”
Rijiju alleged that “a conspiracy by the Congress ensured” Ambedkar’s defeat when he contested from Mumbai and later from Vidarbha. The Home was then adjourned till 2 pm.
When the Home reconvened, Dhankhar requested for taking over the Banking Regulation Invoice for dialogue and passing. Nevertheless when Rijiju began talking, some extent of order was raised by Congress member Pramod Tiwari below Rule 238, stating, “Dwelling Minister Amit Shah had in his Tuesday’s speech insulted Dr B R Ambedkar”.
To this, Rijiju reiterated his remarks earlier than the Home was adjourned and mentioned that the Congress was “simply utilizing 11 to 12 seconds of Shah’s speech and was making an attempt to mislead the nation”. “Congress has tried to erase Dr Ambedkar from the historical past of India… You haven’t tried to protect Babasaheb’s home or his place of origin. It was PM Narendra Modi who instituted the celebration of Structure Day,” he mentioned.
Chief of Opposition in RS Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned, “We’ve not introduced up any new level. We’re solely reiterating that Amit Shah ridiculed Babasaheb. They’ve insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Structure. This authorities is anti-Dalit”.
Chief of the Home J P Nadda stood up and mentioned that the nation is being “misled” by Congress. “When Ambedkarji was alive, you could have by no means listened to his phrases,” he mentioned.
With members of each Treasury and Opposition benches elevating slogans towards one another, Dhankhar adjourned the Home for the day.
Earlier, within the Lok Sabha, amid Opposition protests, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal alleged the Congress had at all times “insulted” Ambedkar, and “as we speak they maintain his pictures and are speaking about him below compulsion”.
Congress members stormed the effectively, displaying posters of Ambedkar and sought Shah’s apology for his remarks. Speaker Om Birla requested the members to permit the Query Hour to proceed however because the din continued, the Home was adjourned until 2 pm. After the Home reconvened, P C Mohan, who was presiding over the proceedings, adjourned the Home for the day.
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