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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congress of twisting and distorting his remarks in the Rajya Sabha regarding constitution maker Bhimrao Ambedkar, attributing it to “the way the BJP exposed how the Congress was anti-Ambedkar, anti-Constitution”. and anti-reservation.”
Addressing a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national headquarters in New Delhi, Mr Shah, his cabinet colleague JP Nadda, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said. The BJP will look at the possibility of seeking legal options both inside and outside the Parliament against the Congress for violating his statement.
The controversy surrounding Mr. Shah’s comments about Ambedkar is significant as the opposition has campaigned to ensure a radical change in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP’s political slogan of seeking more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha. Constitution including the end of reservation. The BJP ended with a sub-par performance of 240 seats, 32 seats short of a majority, and attributed much of this loss to the opposition’s campaign. The election results in Haryana and Maharashtra may have calmed that particular narrative, but the speed with which the entire government, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, moved to quell the controversy shows that it is a deep wound.
published – December 22, 2024 at 09:22 hrs IST