Amid ongoing protests over Union House Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on B R Ambedkar, senior Congress chief Ajoy Kumar alleged that the BJP, which “adheres to the ideas of Manusmriti”, has all the time “insulted” Dalits.
The AICC government committee member, in an announcement issued right here on Sunday, stated that the “true character of the BJP, which practices Manusmriti, was uncovered” with Shah’s feedback within the Rajya Sabha. “BJP leaders’ mindset has all the time been anti-Dalit, which frequently will get mirrored of their statements deliberately or unintentionally,” Kumar alleged. Shah’s comment on Ambedkar was not solely an ‘insult to him but in addition to crores of Dalits of the nation who take into account him God”, Kumar, the AICC in-charge of Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, claimed.
The Congress chief alleged that the “BJP was in opposition to caste-based census due to its anti-Dalit strategy”. “This was not the primary time when the BJP’s anti-Dalit character got here to the fore… there are lots of previous cases,” Kumar, who misplaced to BJP’s Purnima Das Sahu in Jamshedpur East seat within the current Jharkhand meeting elections, claimed.
“It was Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru’s Congress which has all the time given respect to Dalits,” Kumar stated. He demanded that Shah apologise publicly to the nation.
Throughout a debate on the Structure within the Rajya Sabha final week, Shah had stated, “Abhi ek style 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 style to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. If they’d taken God’s title so many occasions, they’d have attained heaven for seven lifetimes).” On Wednesday, Shah held a press convention wherein he accused the Congress of twisting details and distorting his feedback within the Rajya Sabha.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha witnessed fixed protests from treasury benches and opposition members over the alleged insult of Ambedkar till each the homes have been adjourned sine die on Friday.
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