The Trinamool Congress has moved a privilege movement in opposition to House Minister Amit Shah
New Delhi:
Amid the huge row over Union House Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the Trinamool Congress has moved a privilege discover in opposition to him and stated he had undermined the legacy of the Structure’s architect and Parliament’s dignity.
Derek O’Brien, chief of the Trinamool Congress in Rajya Sabha, has moved the discover below Rule 187. The privilege discover comes amid an all-out Opposition offensive in opposition to the House Minister, accusing him of insulting the Dalit icon in his speech within the Higher Home yesterday.
Whereas talking through the debate to mark 75 years of the Structure, Mr Shah yesterday stated that taking BR Ambedkar’s title had turn into a “vogue” for Opposition leaders now. “It has turn into a vogue to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. In the event that they took God’s title so many occasions, they’d have gotten a spot in heaven,” he stated. “Take his title 100 occasions extra, however I wish to say what are your sentiments about him.” Mr Shah stated BR Ambedkar needed to resign from the primary Cupboard following his disagreement with the Jawaharlal Nehru-led authorities.
The remarks sparked an enormous row, with leaders of the Congress and different Opposition events accusing Mr Shah of insulting the Dalit icon. When the Parliament met right now, MPs from Opposition events, held images of BR Ambedkar and staged a protest. Whereas BJP leaders accused the Congress of circulating a brief video clip that didn’t present Mr Shah’s remarks on how the Congress allegedly sidelined BR Ambedkar, Opposition leaders stepped up the assault on the ruling celebration and demanded the House Minister’s resignation.
Because the Opposition tried to nook the federal government and demanded Mr Shah’s resignation and an apology, the BJP management launched a counterstrike led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a six-point thread on X, the Prime Minister stated the Congress and its “rotten ecosystem” had been “gravely mistaken” in the event that they thought “malicious lies” may cover their insult of the architect of the Structure. “If the Congress and its rotten ecosystem suppose their malicious lies can cover their misdeeds of a number of years, particularly their insult in direction of Dr. Ambedkar, they’re gravely mistaken! The individuals of India have seen again and again how one Celebration, led by one dynasty, has indulged in each attainable soiled trick to obliterate the legacy of Dr. Ambedkar and humiliate the SC/ST communities,” the Prime Minister stated.
The Prime Minister added in his submit that the record of the Congress’s “sins” in direction of BR Ambedkar contains: “getting him defeated in elections not as soon as however twice, Pandit Nehru campaigning in opposition to him and making his loss a status subject, denying him a Bharat Ratna, denying his portrait a spot of satisfaction in Parliament’s Central Corridor.”
The masks has fallen!
As Parliament displays on 75 wonderful years of the Structure, HM @AmitShah selected to TARNISH this event with DEROGATORY remarks in opposition to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too within the temple of Democracy.
This can be a show of BJP’s CASTEIST and ANTI-DALIT…
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 18, 2024
Earlier, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee slammed the House Minister, saying that the “masks has fallen”. “As Parliament displays on 75 wonderful years of the Structure, HM @AmitShah selected to TARNISH this event with DEROGATORY remarks in opposition to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too within the temple of Democracy. This can be a show of BJP’s casteist and anti-Dalit mindset. If that is how they behave after being diminished to 240 seats, think about the injury they’d’ve inflicted if their dream of 400 seats had been realised. They’d have rewritten historical past to completely erase Dr. Ambedkar’s contributions,” she stated in a submit on X.
“HM Amit Shah’s remarks are an insult to the tens of millions who look as much as Babasaheb for steering and inspiration. However what else are you able to anticipate from a celebration that has internalised hate and bigotry? Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the Father of the Structure, this outrageous comment isn’t solely an outright assault on him however all members of the Drafting Committee of the Structure, which symbolised India’s unity in range with members from all castes, creeds, ethnicities, and religions,” Ms Banerjee stated.
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