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Law minister Meghwal slams Congress for not giving Ambedkar his due

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday slammed the opposition Congress for not giving B R Ambedkar his due and allegedly ensuring his defeat in the first Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the media here, Meghwal credited Ambedkar with the creation of the Reserve Bank of India as well as the Finance Commission but lamented that the Congress "which talks of the Constitution, never gave Ambedkar the due he deserved. He claimed the Congress made supporters of Ambedkar vote twice on ballot papers, making it invalid which led to his defeat. He said Ambedkar wrote to the Election Commission about the way elections were held but the poll body did not act. Meghwal said Ambedkar's representation to the poll panel was now available. He said the Alipore Road residence of Ambedkar here was turned into a memorial by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "But the Congress did nothing," he claimed. The minister also credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the establishment of an ...

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Cong always insulted Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, we honoured him, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress always insulted Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, but his government has honoured him. Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad, Modi also said the Congress never recognised the contribution of adivasis (tribals), but the BJP government has honoured them. "The Congress always insulted Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, we have honoured him," Modi said on the birth anniversary of the architect of India's Constitution. Because of the Constitution given by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, a tribal woman became the President of India, he said, referring to Droupadi Murmu's election to the country's top constitutional post. "The Congress is saying that if I become prime minister for the third time, the country will be in flames," Modi said targeting the opposition party. "The (opposition) INDI alliance is unable to decide in which direction the country should move," he said. The slogan of "Phir ek baar, Modi sarkar" is resonating across the country, t

Fire breaks out at Dr Ambedkar Hospital in Mumbai, patients evacuated

According to the official, a fire call was received at 1.47 am on Sunday. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the flames was doused around 2.25 am

Violence in UP as police try to remove illegally installed Ambedkar statue

A group of people on Saturday pelted stones at police personnel when try tried to remove a statue of B R Ambedkar that was allegedly illegally installed overnight, leaving two cops injured, a senior official said. Circle Officer (CO) Bhubaneshwar Kumar Pandey said police used "minor force" to disperse the violent crowd in the Bhadohi police station area. A total of 11 people, including three women, were arrested on the spot, the police said. Pandey said that the Ambedkar statue was installed on a platform on Friday night on the land designated for a pond in Mushilatpur village in the city Kotwali area. The CO said that on receiving a complaint, senior police and administrative officials reached the spot and asked the locals to remove the statue but they resisted. When the officials tried to remove the statue, the crowd indulged in stone pelting, forcing the police to use lathi-charge to disperse the protesters. The injured personnel were taken to hospital, he said. Tension preva

Babasaheb's dream of justice for all becoming reality now: Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday asserted that Bhim Rao Ambedkar's dream of justice for all was becoming a reality in the current times with the government ensuring basic facilities to people living in the remotest corners. He noted that when basic facilities reach the most distant villages, it becomes the foundation for justice, and the Narendra Modi government is doing just that. Providing basic amenities to every nook and corner of the country, including the Northeastern region, was previously not considered to be possible, he said. Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the platinum jubilee celebration of Gauhati High Court, Rijiju said, We are paying tribute to the architect of our Constitution, Babasaheb Ambedkar, on his birth anniversary today. His emphasis was on justice when he set about to draft the Constitution and it became a part of the Preamble also, he added, mentioning Justice: economic, social, political'. I have to say that this dream of justice for all

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Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Maharashtra for two days

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Maharashtra over the weekend for a two-day visit during which will pay tribute to B R Ambedkar in Nagpur, interact with children of soldiers martyred in Jammu and Kashmir and address a rally in Kolhapur, officials said. On the first day of his tour beginning Saturday, Shah will pay tribute to Ambedkar at Deeksha Bhoomi, where Ambedkar embraced Buddhism with his followers, and lay a wreath at the memorial of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's founding 'sarsanghachalak' Keshav Baliram Hedgewar at Reshim Bagh in Nagpur. The RSS headquarters is also located at Reshim Bagh. The home minister will also attend the celebration on the completion of 50 years of the Lokmat Group of newspapers in the city, officials said. The same afternoon, Shah will attend a cooperation conference organised by the Dainik Sakal newspaper in Pune before interacting with the children of soldiers, policemen and civilians who were martyred in Jammu and Kashmir. He will als

Rajasthan govt's new scheme gives a boost to businesses of Dalits

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Without ideology or loyalty: Arvind Kejriwal and his pursuit of power

Rajendra Pal Gautam, Tahir Hussain and Amanatullah Khan have joined a long list of colleagues who have been left high and dry by Kejriwal. They were, in the end, mere props in his pursuit of power

Dalit illusions

Mr Teltumbde says Dalits have fallen prey to ruling-class propaganda that the system may have operational defects but is essentially perfect since Ambedkar designed it

Ambedkar's shifting legacy

In his introduction, the author voices the Ambedkarite anger at Gandhi and communists

Watch: I am where I am because of B R Ambedkar, says PM Modi

To commemorate memory of his contributions, Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated every year on April 14

Congress must repent for undermining Ambedkar's legacy: PM Modi

He accused the opposition of not doing anything over vote bank politics