New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday defended Amit Shah’s remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar and stated that Shah uncovered Congress’ darkish historical past of insulting Ambedkar after which they’re clearly stung and shocked by the info he offered.
In a sequence of posts on X, PM Modi stated that Congress sat in energy for years however did nothing to empower the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
“In Parliament, Amit Shah Ji exposed the Congress’ dark history of insulting Dr Ambedkar and ignoring the SC/ST Communities. They are clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented, which is why they are now indulging in theatrics! Sadly, for them, people know the truth! Congress can try as they want but they can’t deny that the worst massacres against SC/ST Communities have happened under their regimes. For years, they sat in power but did nothing substantive to empower the SC and ST communities,” PM Modi stated.
The Prime Minister listed the “Congress sins” in direction of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
“The list of the Congress’ sins towards Dr Ambedkar includes- Getting him defeated in elections not once but twice. Pandit Nehru campaigning against him and making his loss a prestige issue. Denying him a Bharat Ratna. Denying his portrait, a place of pride in Parliament’s Central Hall,” he stated.
PM Modi additionally stated that the individuals of the nation have seen now and again how one occasion has indulged in each “dirty trick” to obliterate legacy of Ambedkar.
“If the Congress and its rotten ecosystem think their malicious lies can hide their misdeeds of several years, especially their insult towards Dr Ambedkar, they are gravely mistaken! The people of India have seen time and again how one Party, led by one dynasty, has indulged in every possible dirty trick to obliterate the legacy of Dr Ambedkar and humiliate the SC/ST communities,” the Prime Minister stated.
Further, Prime Minister Modi emphasised his authorities’s work to fulfil the legacy of BR Ambedkar.
“Our Government has worked to develop Panchteerth, the five iconic places associated with Dr Ambedkar. For decades, there was a pending issue on land for Chaitya Bhoomi. Not only did our Government resolve the issue, I have gone to pray there as well. We have also developed 26, Alipur Road in Delhi, where Dr Ambedkar spent his last years. The house where he lived in London has also been acquired by the Government,” he stated.
“When it comes to Dr Ambedkar, our respect and reverence is absolute. It is due to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar that we are what we are,” PM Modi added.
He additionally asserted that his authorities has labored tirelessly to fulfil the imaginative and prescient of Babasaheb Ambedkar during the last decade.
“Take any sector – be it removing 25 crore people from poverty, strengthening the SC/ST Act, our Government’s flagship programmes like Swachh Bharat, PM Awas Yojana, Jal Jeevan Mission, Ujjwala Yojana and more, each of them has touched the lives of the poor and marginalised,” he stated.
Earlier, opposition MPs together with Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi held a protest within the Parliament premises in opposition to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar on the Rajya Sabha through the Constitution debate.
This got here after Amit Shah lashed out on the Congress occasion and stated that it had turn into a ‘vogue’ for the occasion to take Ambedkar’s title.
“If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar then they would have got heaven for seven lives,” Shah stated. (ANI)