Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday mentioned that she was shocked at Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s current remarks about B R Ambedkar and the way in which he was being “belittled”.
Addressing a gathering throughout the inauguration of the ‘Kolkata Christmas Pageant’, at Allen Park in Park Road, Banerjee mentioned, “I’m shocked on the feedback made about Babasaheb Ambedkar… I really feel unhealthy seeing Babasaheb belittled.”
On Tuesday, an issue erupted over Amit Shah’s speech within the Rajya Sabha throughout a debate on the Structure, when he mentioned, “It has turn out to be a style 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.”
Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that Shah’s remarks in about B R Ambedkar have been a show of the BJP’s “casteist and anti-Dalit mindset”.
“The masks has fallen! As Parliament displays on 75 wonderful years of the Structure, HM @AmitShah selected to TARNISH this event with DEROGATORY remarks towards Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too within the temple of Democracy. This can be a show of BJP’s CASTEIST and ANTI-DALIT mindset. If that is how they behave after being lowered to 240 seats, think about the injury they might’ve inflicted if their dream of 400 seats had been realised. They’d have rewritten historical past to completely erase Dr. Ambedkar’s contributions,” Banerjee posted on X on Wednesday.
Terming the remarks as derogatory, the CM claimed that it was an insult to the hundreds of thousands of people that look as much as Ambedkar for steering and inspiration. “…. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the Father of the Structure, this outrageous comment isn’t solely an outright assault on him however all members of the Drafting Committee of the Structure…,” she additional wrote on X.
In the meantime, throughout her deal with CM Banerjee alleged that the BJP-led central authorities “omitted December 25 from the listing of nationwide holidays”. “Central authorities canceled the December 25 vacation… In our state, it’ll proceed. In our state, all festivals are celebrated by folks of all creeds, castes and religions,” she mentioned. — WITH PTI
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