"Disparaging and insulting": Congress MP Gogoi slams HM Shah's Ambedkar remark

"Any CCTV footage supporting the claims made by BJP. Yet there is televised footage of how BJP male MPs threatened and intimidated Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and many female MPs from the Congress party who are from the Lok Sabba. So far no such action has been taken. No FIR has been registered, and it clearly shows the BJP's attempt is not to find justice for women, their only attempt is to divert the attention from the remarks made by the Union Home Minister which were disparaging and insulting to the Indian Constitution and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar...Unfortunately, Prime Minister Modi indulges in mere optics by putting his head to the Indian constitution yet when his own Union Home Minister abuses the founder and the main architect of the Indian constitution, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar then Prime Minister Modi remains silent," said the Congress MP.

He slammed the RSS for rejecting the Constitution for many years and said that only they only pretended to respect the Constitution and their true intentions are coming out when they have become stronger politically.

"It is only a reflection of their history and their age-old disrespect for Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar and the Indian Constitution. When the Indian Constitution was adopted, the RSS rejected the constitution for so many years. They only pretended to respect the constitution, but now when they feel that RSS and BJP are politically stronger, their true intentions are coming out," he added.

He further said that Amit Shah has revealed the true face of the party. "As this year commenced we saw that they wanted to change the Indian constitution if they got more than 400 MPs and now again after the recent victories in Haryana and Maharashtra, they are becoming arrogant and their true face, the hidden face has now been revealed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside the parliament and that is why he's choosing to be stubborn and not apologising for the hurt caused by his remarks to the lakhs of people who follow Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar and who believe in the ideals of the Indian constitution..." he said.

Shah reportedly said in Rajya Sabha, "If they (opposition) had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar, they would have got heaven for seven lives."

Following the remarks made by Shah, the Parliament witnessed parallel protests from both the Treasury and Opposition benches outside the parliament last week, which led to a huge scuffle between the two sides with two BJP MPs, Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput sustaining injuries.

The ruling BJP MPs were protesting in the Parliament's premises against the Congress party for "insulting" Babasaheb Ambedkar. INDIA Bloc MPs led by Rahul Gandhi held a protest in the Parliament premises and demanded the resignation of Shah over his remarks on Ambedkar.

During the scuffle in the Parliament premises, two BJP MPs, Pratap Sarangi, and Mukesh Rajput were injured on their heads.

Both parties have alleged that their party members had been pushed around. Moreover, an FIR has been registered against Rahul Gandhi by Delhi police regarding the incident. (ANI)