"This is their mentality of insulting Baba Saheb" Arjun Ram Meghwal asks Congress to clear stand on Nehru-Ambedkar remarks
Arjun Ram Meghwal slammed the Congress Party after Sam Pitroda quoted the statements made by political activist Sudheendra Kulkarni, that "Nehru contributed more to the Constitution and not Ambedkar" and said that it shows the «mentality of the grand old party of insulting Baba Saheb».
Meghwal, while speaking to 'condemned' the statement and asked the Congress to clear its stand on Pitroda.
«We condemn this statement by Sam Pitroda and we want to ask Congress whether they stand by the comment of Sam Pitroda… The whole nation knows that Ambedkar played a major role in the making of the Constitution...» Meghwal said.
The union minister further alleged the Congress of 'insulting' BR Ambedkar.
«I think, this is the mentality of Congress to insult Baba Saheb. I want to take you back in the history.
In the 1952 elections, Congress fielded its candidate against Baba Saheb and made him lose the elections. They (Congress) insulted him.
In 1953-54 polls too, they repeated the same. Congress prevented Baba Saheb two times in Lok Sabha polls,» he added.
After India became independent in 1947, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru formed the first Union Cabinet with 15 members picked from a wide range of communities, with Ambedkar as the Union Law Minister.
The first general elections were held between October 1951 and February 1952, with Ambedkar contesting from Bombay North Central.
