Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and accused its top leadership of being “anti-Ambedkar” and demanded strict action against Home Minister Amit Shah. Kejriwal was protesting at the BJP office over the remarks made on BR Ambedkar in Parliament. Aam Aadmi Party supporters tried to protest near the BJP office on Wednesday.
Arvind Kejriwal said that yesterday in Parliament, the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah insulted Baba Saheb Ambedkar a lot. He made fun of him in a way.
He said that Ambedkar is no less than God for crores, crores, crores of Dalits, poor and oppressed people, backward people and deprived people of the country.
He said that Baba Saheb Ambedkar gave the right to live. The way Shah has insulted Ambedkar. The sentiments of crores of people have been hurt. Whenever I face difficulty in life, I pick up the biography and read it. His struggle inspires us. There are crores of people like me, whose ideal is Baba Saheb. The sentiments of crores of people have been hurt.
Kejriwal said that the way PM has defended Shah, it is clear that this was BJP’s strategy, under which Ambedkar was insulted. He condemns it.
BJP is against Ambedkar: Kejriwal
He said that BJP is against Ambedkar. Against the Constitution. Now all the supporters of BJP will have to decide. They will have to choose whether they are with BJP or Ambedkar. BJP’s top leadership has made it clear that they are against Ambedkar.
Kejriwal demanded that action be taken against Shah, so that people’s anger is reduced. He said that he will take this message to every corner of the country that how BJP is insulting Ambedkar. He said that he condemns it again.