BJP indulging in distraction, Amit Shah must resign: Congress

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of unleashing a preplanned conspiracy to shield Home Minister Amit Shah after his reprehensible statement about BR Ambedkar as it demanded that Shah must resign and apologise for his remarksThe opposition party also alleged that the BJP is antiConstitution and antiAmbedkarAddressing a joint press conference at the AICC headquarters here Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi condemned Shahs remarks on Ambedkar and said they would continue to protest across the country and that a movement against this had already begunThe BJP wants to divert attention from Shahs remarks on Ambedkar and that is why they are raising other issues Kharge told reportersHe said they Congress leaders were only demanding the resignation of Home Minister Shah and were protesting in support of our demands but the BJP MPs blocked us from entering ParliamentThey pushed me I lost my balance and sat down the Congress chief said adding that he condemns Shahs remarks on AmbedkarKharge said they will run a nationwide movement raising the issue of Ambedkars alleged insult by the home ministerGandhi said the BJPRSS thinking is antiConstitution and antiAmbedkarThe BJP is indulging in distraction We want the apology and resignation of home minister over his remarks on Ambedkar Gandhi said adding that they would continue to raise their demand and the Adani issueLater in a post on X Gandhi said Amit Shah Apologise and Resign At the press conference he said a few days ago the issue of a case being filed against Gautam Adani in America came up on which the BJP did not allow any discussion in the House for the entire sessionThen came Amit Shahs statement on Ambedkar ji We have been saying from the beginning that the thinking of BJPRSS is antiConstitution and against Ambedkar jiThe people of BJP and RSS want to erase the contribution of Babasaheb Ambedkar ji They have shown their thinking towards Ambedkar ji in front of everyone he saidGandhi said they Congress had sought Shahs resignation but that did not happen and today again he Shah tried to divert the issueWe were moving peacefully from Ambedkars statue to the Parliament BJP MPs were standing on the steps of the Parliament who were not letting us go inside Amit Shah has insulted Ambedkar ji he should apologize for that and resignThe main issue that the BJP wants to erase is the Adani case on which they do not want any discussion Narendra Modi is selling India to Adani Gandhi told reportersNarrating the events of the day he said they wanted to go inside Parliament but BJP leaders came and sat at the gate to stop usWomen MPs of the INDIA bloc were also prevented from entering he claimedAt the presser Kharge said Even when we were walking towards the Makar Dwar of Parliament these people were making fun of us The kind of environment that the BJP has created in the country will not be tolerated anymore Today because of this a movement is being carried out across the countryLater in a post on X Kharge said Today the BJP unleashed a preplanned conspiracy to shield Amit Shahrsquos reprehensible statement against Babasaheb Ambedkar ji He said fresh facts have come to light that the BJP MPs also attacked our women MPs while we were holding a peaceful protest at the Makar DwarIn a systematic conspiracy BJP workers ransacked the offices of Mumbai Congress and West Bengal Congress in Mumbai and Kolkata respectively which was later foiled by our committed Congress workersIn their utter frustration after being exposed first on their agenda to change Constitution and then on their AntiBabasaheb mindset ModiShah duo have resorted to unleash political violence and intimidation he saidThe Congress chief said the fact that BJP MPs were sent carrying sticks with placards in the Parliament premises to obstruct INDIA blocs peaceful protest was nothing but a carefully choreographed conspiracy to deflect attentionEvery Indian who believes in social justice and an egalitarian society will unitedly fight against BJPrsquos oppressive tyranny and Manuvadi mindset he said in his postThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever