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BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday criticised the Congress, accusing the party of showing "disrespect" towards Bharat Ratna Bhimrao Ambedkar and asserted that the nation would never forgive four generations of Congress leadership for their treatment of the later political leader.
"From Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, they (Congress) have disrespected Dr BR Ambedkar. Bharat Ratna was given to Dr BR Ambedkar after the formation of the BJP-supported government. The nation will never forgive the four generations of Congress for disrespecting Dr BR Ambedkar," Tarun Ghugh told ANI. Earlier in the day, reacting to the Ambedkar controversy, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence when his own Union Home Minister Amit Shah abused the founder and the main architect of the Indian constitution. He also hit out at the RSS for rejecting the Constitution for many years and said that they only pretended to respect the Constitution and that their true intentions were coming out when they became stronger politically. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday criticised the Congress for repeatedly "insulting" Bhimrao Ambedkar and stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would never allow their "divisive politics" to succeed. Amit 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 Amit 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)
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