Cease hypocrisy, says Ravi Shankar Prasad on Congress protests over remarks on Ambedkar | Newest Information India

Senior BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad mentioned the Opposition and the Congress ought to cease its hypocrisy. “They made him lose polls twice, compelled him to give up as regulation minister and didn’t confer the Bharat Ratna on him. The Congress must cease the hypocrisy,” Prasad mentioned on Monday, demanding the Congress apologise for humiliating Ambedkar throughout his lifetime and later, his legacy.

The Congress has introduced that the celebration has deliberate conferences in 150 cities throughout the nation on the controversy round Shah’s speech within the Rajya Sabha. Throughout his reply to the controversy marking 75 years of the Structure final week, Shah attacked the Congress and alleged the opposition celebration repeatedly disrespected Ambedkar. “It has turn into a trend to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar…If they’d taken God’s title so many instances, they might have secured a spot in heaven for seven lifetimes…” he mentioned, earlier than occurring so as to add that India’s first regulation minister was compelled to resign from Jawaharlal Nehru’s cupboard.

The INDIA bloc events shared clips of the primary a part of his assertion, demanding Shah’s resignation and an apology for what they alleged was an insult to the framer of the Structure.

Prasad mentioned the Congress had compelled Ambedkar to resign in the course of the elections, they usually made positive he didn’t get a memorial. “Now, Congress is holding a press convention in Ambedkar’s title,” he mentioned, including that when Ambedkar was resigning, he wasn’t even allowed to talk.

“SC/STs haven’t been given correct safety. Solely Muslims have been given safeguards,” he mentioned.