"Congress knows they have been exposed": BJP MP Kiran Choudhry on row over Amit Shah's remark on BR Ambedkar

She accused Congress of disrespecting Ambedkar from time to time. Responding to the opposition's protest, she said, "... The public completely rejected them. Yesterday, Amit Shah explained everything in detail point by point in the Rajya Sabha that when our Constitution makers were making the Constitution, especially Ambedkar ji, they were disrespected from time to time. Now they (Congress) are protesting to hide their embarrassment, they know that they have been exposed."

Earlier in the day, Rahul slammed the BJP over Amit Shah's remark on Ambedkar, saying "They are against Ambedkar ji and his ideology."

"This is against the Constitution. They were saying from the beginning that they would change the Constitution. They are against Ambedkar ji and his ideology. Their only work is to finish the Constitution and the work done by Ambedkar ji. The entire country knows this," Rahul Gandhi said.

This came after Amit Shah lashed out at the Congress party and said that it had become a 'fashion' for the party to take Ambedkar's name.

"If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar then they would have got heaven for seven lives," Shah said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi defended Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar and said that Shah exposed the Congress' dark history of insulting Ambedkar after which they were clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented.

"In Parliament, Amit Shah Ji exposed the Congress' dark history of insulting Dr Ambedkar and ignoring the SC/ST Communities. They are clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented, which is why they are now indulging in theatrics! Sadly, for them, people know the truth! Congress can try as they want but they can't deny that the worst massacres against SC/ST Communities have happened under their regimes. For years, they sat in power but did nothing substantive to empower the SC and ST communities," PM Modi said. (ANI)