Dehradum: The congress workers in Dehradum on Saturday evening performed an evening Arti of the consitituion in an honor to Dr BR Ambedkar in Vikasnagar area of Dehradum district.
Several congress workers including Farmer cabinet manister and chairman of congress Discipline committee Navprabhat who stated the intent to holding the Arti was to create the public awraeness aganist attempts to change the consititution in the country.
He also said that since 2014, attempts have been made to bring changes to the constitution. Now the situation has reached to a level where disrespectful language has been used against BR Ambedkar. We have organised this programme to create public awareness against such attempts.
He further added that Ambedkar have given country the consititution in which all people are equally treated. The party have also announced national wide protests on December 24 aganist the remarks made by the Home Minister Amit Shah in the parliment.
All party Members of Parliament (MPs) and Central Working Committee (CWC) members are also going to hold press conferences on December 22 (Sunday) and 23 (Monday) on Shah’s comments.
During the Parliament winter session, which concluded on Friday, INDIA bloc MPs took out multiple protests since HM Amit Shah’s remarks in Parliament on December 18, criticising Congress for making it a ‘fashion’ to take Ambedkar’s name.
Notably, Shah stated, “If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar then they would have got heaven for seven lives.”
The Congress lashed out at the BJP and Shah, demanding an apology and his resignation for his remarks, calling it an “insult” to Ambedkar.
