TPCC president claimed that Union Minister Amit Shah has not expressed any repentance for the remark on Baba Saheb Ambedkar, who is the main architect of the Constitution. File
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“The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) will hold a ‘Baba Saheb Ambedkar samman march’ on December 24, 2024, in protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament on Dr. Ambedkar,” said a senior party leader on Sunday (December 22, 2024).

Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman told a press conference in Agartala that the party will organise the march in all district headquarters to condemn the remark of Mr. Shah on Dr. Ambedkar.

“We will organise the march in all district headquarters on December 24 to condemn the remark and also to demand an unconditional apology from the Union Home Minister for his remark. Party leaders and workers will join the march and garland the statue of the main architect of our constitution,” he said.

“The Union Home Minister’s remark on Baba Saheb Ambedkar in Parliament is not a slip of the tongue as they are trying to highlight. It is a calculative remark which exposes the party (BJP) mindset about the father of the constitution”, Mr. Roy Barman said.

He claimed that Mr. Shah has not expressed any repentance for the remark on Baba Saheb Ambedkar, who is the main architect of the Constitution.

Mr. Roy Barman alleged the BJP has wrongly dragged the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi by lodging an FIR to downplay the real issue from the eyes of the people.

New Delhi:

TMC MP Saugata Roy said the opposition will continue their protest in Parliament tomorrow against the Union Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar.

“We will protest in Parliament tomorrow. We will continue the protest until Home Minister Amit Shah apologizes for his remarks on Dr BR Ambedkar…,” he told reporters here.

A massive political row has erupted over Amit Shah’s remarks on BR Ambedkar during his speech in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Congress has accused Shah of being anti-Ambedkar and has demanded his resignation.

Earlier, Rajya Sabha LoP and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday criticised Shah’s remark on Babasaheb Ambedkar demanding an apology from Shah for his remarks during the Constitution debate in the Rajya Sabha.

While addressing a press conference in the national capital, Mr Kharge also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Mr Shah by midnight if he truly respects Ambedkar.

“We demand that Amit Shah should apologize and if PM Modi has faith in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar then he should be sacked by midnight… He has no right to remain in the cabinet, he should be sacked only then people will remain silent, otherwise, people will protest. People are ready to sacrifice their lives for Dr BR Ambedkar,” he said.

Meanwhile, accusing the Congress of being “anti-BR Ambedkar, anti-reservation and anti-Constitution,” Mr Shah on Wednesday said the opposition party has been presenting facts about his speech in Rajya Sabha in a distorted way.

Addressing a press conference here, Amit Shah also attacked Congress over the Emergency and said the discussion in Parliament on 150 years of the Constitution “proved how the Congress opposed Baba Saheb Ambedkar.”

“Since yesterday, Congress has been presenting the facts in a distorted way and I condemn it… Congress is anti-BR Ambedkar, it is against reservation and the Constitution. Congress also insulted Veer Savarkar. By imposing an Emergency, they violated all Constitutional values,” he said.

“A discussion was held over the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. During this, we also held discussions over the country’s achievements in the last 75 years. It is obvious that parties and people will have different points of view on different issues. But discussion should always be held based on facts,” he added.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended Amit Shah’s remarks and said that the union minister exposed the Congress’ “dark history of insulting” Baba Saheb Ambedkar after “which they were clearly stung and stunned” by the facts he presented.

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