Mr Gandhi mentioned Home Minister Amit Shah ought to apologise and resign.
Hitting out on the BJP and clarifying the social gathering’s stance on the tussle that befell on the Parliament complicated on Thursday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned the chaos was engineered to distract from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ‘style’ remarks on BR Ambedkar that ignited an enormous row between the Opposition and the ruling social gathering.
Keeping a duplicate of the Constitution in entrance of him whereas addressing a press convention, Mr Gandhi mentioned the BJP has been attempting to distract from the problems for the reason that Parliament session started and the Congress has at all times mentioned that the ruling social gathering’s thought course of is “anti-constitutional and anti-Ambedkar” and that it needs to erase Ambedkar’s reminiscence and contribution.
“The Home Minister uncovered this mindset (along with his remarks). We known as for an apology and a resignation, which didn’t occur. Today, they started a brand new distraction. Opposition MPs have been heading to Parliament House from Ambdekar ji‘s statue and BJP MPs have been standing close to the steps with sticks of their palms, refusing to allow us to go in,” Mr Gandhi mentioned in Hindi.
“The actuality is that he (Mr Shah) has insulted Ambedkar ji. The Home Minister ought to apologise and resign,” he added.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who additionally addressed the press convention, mentioned the social gathering condemns Mr Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar and the mindset they painting.
“He refused to simply accept he had accomplished something unsuitable. We requested for his resignation and, failing that, for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack him. We realised neither of these items was going to occur, so leaders of our social gathering, together with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, protested. But the BJP is attempting to divert the difficulty,” Mr Kharge mentioned.
The Congress president claimed BJP MPs tried to stop legislators from his social gathering from getting into Parliament and attacked them. He mentioned he was additionally pushed and sat on the bottom after shedding steadiness.
“After doing this, they’re alleging we pushed individuals and prompted accidents. They have been sitting and making enjoyable of us. There have been many lady MPs with us too… We is not going to tolerate this. The motion (in opposition to Mr Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar) will develop into a nationwide one,” he asserted.
Complaint, Counter-Complaint
Both the Congress and the BJP have alleged that members from the alternative aspect attacked and pushed their MPs when legislators from the Opposition social gathering have been getting into Parliament House on Thursday morning. While the Congress was protesting Mr Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar, the BJP had organised a counter-protest in opposition to the Opposition social gathering, alleging it had disrespected the architect of the Constitution.
The BJP has claimed that Rahul Gandhi, who can also be the Leader of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, injured two of its MPs, Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput. The BJP mentioned Mr Gandhi pushed Mr Rajput, who fell on Mr Sarangi. Both MPs have been taken to a hospital with accidents and the BJP filed a criticism on the Parliament Street police station in opposition to Mr Gandhi.
BJP’s Nagaland MP Pahangnon Konyak additionally accused Mr Gandhi of misbehaving along with her when she and her colleagues have been participating within the protest
The Congress has additionally filed a criticism on the identical police station alleging BJP leaders pushed Mr Kharge.
“Eighty-four-year-old Dalit chief Mallikarjun Kharge was pushed and misbehaved with. We have come right here to file a criticism in opposition to this act,” Congress MP Pramod Tiwari mentioned.
Ambedkar Remarks
Speaking within the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday throughout a debate commemorating 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution, Home Minister Amit Shah had mentioned, “It has develop into the style to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… If they (the Opposition) took God’s identify so many occasions, they might get a spot in heaven.”
The Trinamool Congress and the Congress have moved privilege motions in opposition to Mr Shah over the remarks and the Congress has additionally been organising nationwide protests.
Mr Shah held a press convention on Wednesday and accused the Congress of distorting information and utilizing clipped movies after being unable to defend itself in opposition to expenses of attacking the Constitution and democracy in India. He additionally refused to resign, saying it could not “clear up the Congress’ issues”.
PM Modi additionally defended Mr Shah and accused the Congress and its “ecosystem” of utilizing “malicious lies to cover their misdeeds of a number of years”.