The Opposition Congress held a protest rally in Tripura’s capital on Tuesday demanding Union House Minister Amit Shah resign and apologise for his latest remarks about B R Ambedkar.
The rally was organised beneath the banner of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Samman Yatra as a part of a nationwide agitation by the Congress, the place a whole bunch of celebration supporters condemned Shah’s remarks as being disgraceful to the principal framer of the Structure.
After shifting throughout the streets of Agartala, the rally concluded in entrance of the West Tripura district Justice of the Peace’s workplace, the place a Congress delegation submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India, in search of robust motion in opposition to the BJP chief.
“Abhi ek vogue ho gaya hai — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… Itna naam agar Bhagwan ka lete toh saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (There’s a vogue today — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… Had you chanted the title of God these many instances, you’d have been blessed with heaven in seven births),” Shah stated in response to a two-day debate within the Rajya Sabha on the ‘Wonderful Journey of 75 Years of the Structure of India.’ Shah additionally stated, “We’re completely satisfied that Ambedkar’s title is being taken,” earlier than itemizing the Congress’s “injustices” in the direction of him.
Congress state president Ashish Kumar Saha, MLA Sudip Roy Barman and others carried placards and posters of Ambedkar, elevating slogans in opposition to the Union residence minister. Comparable protests had been held at Belonia in South Tripura and Pabiacherra in North Tripura, amongst different areas, on Tuesday.
On December 19, Congress protesters burned Shah’s effigy in Agartala, hours forward of his arrival within the state.
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