<p><strong>Parliament Winter Session</strong>: INDIA bloc MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a protest in Parliament premises holding images of B R Ambedkar, a day after Home Minister’s remarks on him. The Opposition alliance demanded Shah’s apology as they lined up in front of the steps of the Makar Dwar of Parliament.</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>VIDEO | Opposition leaders protest inside Parliament premises against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. BR Ambedkar during his speech in Rajya Sabha yesterday.<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParliamentWinterSession2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#ParliamentWinterSession2024</a> <br /><br />(Full video available on PTI Videos – <a href=”https://t.co/n147TvrpG7″>https://t.co/n147TvrpG7</a>) <a href=”https://t.co/rpKIpJrqZT”>pic.twitter.com/rpKIpJrqZT</a></p>
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=”https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/1869256007865758174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>They raised slogans such as ‘Jai Bhim’, ‘Sangh ka Vidhan nahi chalega’ and ‘Amit Shah maafi maango’. While taking a swipe at the Opposition, Shah had said, “Abhi ek fashion ho gaya hai – Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (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).”</p>
<p>Congress hit back at Shah and alleged that the remarks show that the BJP and the RSS leaders have a “lot of hatred” for Ambedkar and demanded an apology from him. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had said those who believe in Manusmriti will definitely be at odds with Ambedkar.</p>
<p>Kharge in a post on X said, “The ministers of the Modi government should understand carefully that for crores of people like me, Babasaheb Ambedkar is no less than God… He is and will always be the messiah of Dalits, tribals, backward classes, minorities and the poor, Kharge had said in a post in Hindi on X.</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”><a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WATCH</a> | On Union HM’s speech in RS during Constitution debate, Rajya Sabha LoP and Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge says “He has insulted Baba Saheb Ambedkar and the Constitution. His ideology of Manusmriti and RSS makes it clear that he does not want to respect Baba Saheb… <a href=”https://t.co/x9H75vJcZk”>pic.twitter.com/x9H75vJcZk</a></p>
— ANI (@ANI) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1869267883064500538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>Shah ripped into the Congress while concluding a two-day debate on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India”. The Home Minister claimed that the Congress wanted to breach the 50 per cent quota limit to provide reservations to Muslims.</p>
<p>He also asked the Congress if it supported the Muslim personal law and alleged that the party never worked for the welfare of the backward classes. Shah asserted that the BJP has already brought in a common civil code (Uniform Civil Code) in Uttarakhand and will implement it in all states.</p>