Congress holds nationwide ‘Ambedkar Samman March’

The Congress party on Tuesday held a nationwide protestmdashlsquoAmbedkar Samman Marchrsquomdashincluding in Jammu Amritsar Haryana Bhopal Jharkhand Guwahati and Chennai to protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shahrsquos remarks Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar the chief architect of the Constitution and reiterated its demand for an apologyA weeklong campaign against Shah was launched with the party alleging that Shah insulted Ambedkar with his remarks while participating in a debate on the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha last week Scores of workers former ministers exlegislators and senior leaders joined the march demanding Shahrsquos resignationSlogans against the BJP and Shah and hailing Ambedkar reverberated in the rally The Congress leaders also submitted a memorandum demanding respect and dignity for AmbedkarldquoThe agitation has now reached the lsquosadakrsquo from Sansad We will continue to hold marches to ensure justice for the architect of the Constitution We will not tolerate any insult to Ambedkarrdquo said Congressrsquo Jammu and Kashmir working president Raman BhallaIn Haryana Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda led the protest with other party leaders and workers in Rohtak while Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari along with former MP chief minister Digvijaya Singh with other party leaders and workers led the protest in BhopalKalaburagi observes bandhProtesters in Karnatakarsquos Kalaburagi took to streets on Tuesday following a bandh call given by Dalit organisations to condemn the recent statement of Shah on Ambedkar in the Parliament Adequate security arrangements have been put in place by the police to avoid any untoward incidentsAccording to police the city is completely shut with no traffic movement as buses auto rickshaws and taxis are not operating and shops are also shut following the bandh call given by various Dalit organisationsldquoA bandh is being observed in Kalaburagi after a call for the same was given by various Dalit organisations condemning the statement of union home minister on Ambedkar We have deployed police forces in large numbers Adequate security measures are in place to avoid any untoward incidentrdquo a senior police officer said ldquoSituation remains peaceful and everything is under controlrdquo he saidBSP demands resignationBahujan Samaj Party BSP workers on Tuesday held protests in parts of the state over Shahrsquos remarks on Ambedkar and demanded his resignation BSP chief Mayawati had earlier described Shahrsquos remarks made in Rajya Sabha last week as deeply hurtful to Ambedkarrsquos followersOn Tuesday BSP workers staged protests in parts of the state including the state capital Lucknow where people gathered in front of Ambedkarrsquos statue in Hazratganj area Party workers carried copies of the Preamble and posters of Ambedkar in their hands and raised slogansCongress BJP AAP councillors clashThe councillors of Congress BJP and AAP clashed on Tuesday over the Ambedkar issue during the general house meeting of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation here The Congress and AAP councillors had passed a motion against Shah over his remarks and demanded his resignation while BJP councillors accused the Congress of trying to belittle Babasaheb Ambedkar during Nehrus timeThis 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