Hitting out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Congress termed the allegations leveled against the Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family as “lies”. Party chief and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has said that Shah also insulted BR Ambedkar.
“Home Minister Amit Shah’s insult to Baba Saheb in the House today proved once again – BJP/RSS was against tricolor – his ancestors opposed Ashok Chakra – Sangh Parivar people wanted to implement Manusmriti instead of Constitution. India from day one,” Kharge wrote on X platform. .
He added, “Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar did not allow this to happen, that’s why there is so much hatred towards him. Ministers of the Modi government should understand very well that for millions of people like me, Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar is no less than God.”
Earlier, according to videos by news agency ANI, Kharge said: “What the Home Minister (Shah) said today is far from the truth. It is a lie. For example, Ambedkar’s statue… was not built during their (BJP) tenure. It is in Mumbai, in Karnataka and It was established here before the Parliament that it was all lies.”
Party MP Jairam Ramesh said, “The Home Minister gave a 90-minute speech…he did not say why the First Amendment was introduced (under the Nehru government). It was brought because the law that was brought to abolish zamindari was repealed… Another reason was to save reservation. This is because the Supreme Court struck down the reservation provided in Madras.
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