Amit Shah's remarks show old mentality of BJP, says B.R. Ambedkar's grandson

MPs demand apology from Amit Shah for insulting B R Ambedkar; Prakash Ambedkar criticizes BJP's mentality.

Babasaheb Ambedkar's grandson Prakash Ambedkar alleged on Wednesday (November 19, 2024) that Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on the father of the Constitution reflected the BJP's "same old mentality".

Several MPs of the INDIA bloc staged a protest in Parliament premises demanding Shah's apology for his remarks on B R Ambedkar which they claimed were an insult to B R Ambedkar.

The Congress also demanded that Mr. Shah apologise publicly and in Parliament.

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"Before the BJP came into existence, its forerunners Jan Sangh and RSS had opposed Babasaheb while the Constitution was being adopted," Prakash Ambedkar, who heads Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, told reporters in Pune.

He said Mr. Shah's statement has brought the same old mentality of the BJP to the fore.

"There is nothing new in the statement. They are not able to execute their old plans. Not because of Congress, but because of Babasaheb Ambedkar and they will continue to sulk," said Prakash Ambedkar.