Launching a scathing assault on the Congress over their protest in opposition to Union Residence Minister Amit Shah’s assertion about B R Ambedkar, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated on Wednesday that the Opposition get together had all the time been anti-Ambedkar.
At a press convention, he stated, “The Congress has all the time been anti-Ambedkar. They’re nonetheless now in opposition to him. Now no matter they’re doing is nothing however a farce. They’re making an attempt to mislead folks by doing this. Now they’re demanding rights within the title of Ambedkar.”
Saha stated that after resigning as a Union minister, Ambedkar was by no means allowed to talk in Parliament and that he severely criticised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his resignation letter, which he alleged was suppressed.
“The BJP will unveil the darkish historical past of the Congress sooner or later. The Congress by no means made any memorial to Dr Ambedkar. However Narendra Modi, after turning into prime minister, made a memorial to him. We search an apology from the Congress for his or her perspective in the direction of Ambedkar,” Saha stated.
The Congress has held a sequence of protest rallies within the state demanding Shah’s resignation and an apology for the remarks he made in the course of the ongoing winter session of the Rajya Sabha.
“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 as of late — 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 had stated in response to a two-day debate titled the Wonderful Journey of 75 Years of the Structure of India.
He added, “We’re completely satisfied that Ambedkar’s title is being taken”, earlier than itemizing the Congress’s “injustices” in the direction of the principal framer of the Structure.
Good Governance Day
Talking on the event of Good Governance Day at Pragna Bhawan later, Saha stated good governance means guaranteeing that government-sponsored welfare schemes attain the final particular person even within the distant areas of the nation. He added that the state administration is being made pro-people to make sure the sleek supply of presidency advantages.
The BJP has been observing the delivery anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Good Governance Day. “He (Vajpayee) was a politician, poet and litterateur. His function in India’s freedom motion was noteworthy. His dream was to uproot corruption from the nation. With this intention, he took a number of initiatives to ascertain good governance,” Saha stated.
“The central and state governments are introducing completely different schemes to deal with the basic wants of the folks. The nice governance programme was undertaken to make sure these schemes attain the real beneficiaries. The Northeast is strolling on the trail of growth because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event of the state is being praised in different states, and this has turn into potential because of good governance,” the chief minister stated.
Saha additional stated that since coming to energy in 2014, Modi has been working for the folks with dedication. “Each the Centre and state governments are working with purity, utilizing the ideas of former Prime Minister Vajpayee,” he stated.
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