NDA, INDIA bloc MPs hold protest marches over Ambedkar issue-OxBig News Network

BJP MPs stage a protest over alleged insult by of B.R. Ambedkar by the Congress, at Parliament complex, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
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Dressed in blue, a colour associated with B.R. Ambedkar, Opposition INDIA bloc members on Thursday (December 19, 2024) took out a protest march in Parliament premises demanding the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks related to the architect of the Constitution.

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BJP-led NDA parliamentarians also carried out a march within Parliament premises raising slogans and carrying placards demanding an apology from the opposition Congress for allegedly insulting Ambedkar.

LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra take part in a protest of opposition MPs demanding Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s apology for his remarks which they claimed were an insult to B.R. Ambedkar, during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024.
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Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, marched from Ambedkar’s statue within Parliament complex to Parliament House raising slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’ and carrying photographs of the leader.

A massive political row erupted on Wednesday as the Congress and other opposition parties launched an all-out attack on Shah for his remarks on Ambedkar and demanded his sacking, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders rallied to his defence and said he has exposed Congress’ “anti-Ambedkar” stand.