Protesting in opposition to Union Residence Minister Amit Shah’s assertion about B R Ambedkar, the Opposition Congress and its frontal organisation Seva Dal will maintain an occasion at Udaipur in Tripura’s Gomati district on Thursday as a part of the social gathering’s Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan marketing campaign.
“These protests began when Residence Minister Amit Shah mentioned inside Parliament that if you happen to had chanted the identify of God many instances, you’d have been blessed with heaven. Protesting in opposition to this, the Congress determined to organise these programmes with the slogan ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ throughout the nation,” Congress Seva Dal nationwide president Lalji Desai instructed reporters in Agartala on Wednesday.
Desai alleged that vandals linked to the ruling BJP destroyed publicity supplies for the Congress marketing campaign corresponding to banners and posters. “The BJP’s gundabahini (goon drive) is prevailing right here and all through the nation as nicely. They (BJP) are saying that atrocities have declined, however the actuality is totally different. The BJP’s goons destroyed banners and posters and publicity supplies for the marketing campaign on Tuesday,” he mentioned.
The Congress chief additional alleged that Tripura’s actual employment knowledge was being hidden, including that the state, like Kerala, was a lot forward in literacy.
“Sixty-nine per cent of kids beneath 5 years outdated are malnourished. I wish to ask, if the employment fee of a state is nice, then why are youngsters hungry and malnourished? Why is the speed of faculty dropouts growing, particularly in tribal belts? The BJP is a failure when it comes to farmers, employment, and atrocities. This can be a matter of concern for us,” Desai mentioned.
In December 2024, the Congress protested within the state capital by burning Shah in effigy in protest in opposition to his alleged insult to the architect of the Structure.
“Ab ek vogue ho gaya hai—Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar…. Itna naam agar bhagwan ke lete toh saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (There’s a vogue today – Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar…. Had you chanted the identify of God these many instances, you’d have been blessed with heaven in seven births),” the Union dwelling minister mentioned within the Rajya Sabha throughout a two-day debate titled “Superb Journey of 75 Years of the Structure of India”.
