Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks in the Rajya Sabha on B R Ambedkar were a display of the BJP's "casteist and anti-Dalit mindset".
The Trinamool Congress supremo termed the remarks derogatory, claiming that they were an insult to the millions of people who look up to Ambedkar for guidance and inspiration.
"The mask has fallen! As Parliament reflects on 75 glorious years of the Constitution, HM@AmitShah chose to TARNISH this occasion with DEROGATORY remarks against Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too in the temple of Democracy. This is a display of BJP’s CASTEIST and ANTI-DALIT mindset. If this is how they behave after being reduced to 240 seats, imagine the damage they would’ve inflicted if their dream of 400 seats had been realised. They’d have rewritten history to entirely erase Dr. Ambedkar’s contributions. HM Amit Shah’s remarks are an insult to the millions who look up to Babasaheb for guidance and inspiration. But what else can you expect from a party that has internalised HATE and BIGOTRY? Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the Father of the Constitution, this outrageous remark is not only an outright attack on him but all members of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, which symbolised India’s unity in diversity with members from all castes, creeds, ethnicities, and religions," she shared from her official X handle.
The mask has fallen!
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 18, 2024
As Parliament reflects on 75 glorious years of the Constitution, HM @AmitShah chose to TARNISH this occasion with DEROGATORY remarks against Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too in the temple of Democracy.
This is a display of BJP’s CASTEIST and ANTI-DALIT…
The TMC demanded an unconditional apology from Shah on the floor of Parliament. Congress general secretary-in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh shared a video snippet on X from Shah's speech in the Upper House.
" अभी एक फैशन हो गया है- अंबेडकर, अंबेडकर, अंबेडकर, अंबेडकर, अंबेडकर..
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 17, 2024
इतना नाम अगर भगवान का लेते तो सात जन्मों तक स्वर्ग मिल जाता."
अमित शाह ने बेहद घृणित बात की है.
इस बात से जाहिर होता है कि bjp और rss के नेताओं के मन में बाबा साहेब अंबेडकर जी को लेकर बहुत नफरत है.
नफरत… pic.twitter.com/UMvMAq43O8
"It has become a fashion to say 'Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar'. If they had taken God's name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven," Shah had said in Rajya Sabha after a two-day debate on the "Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India".
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