Congress twisted facts, distorted my statement on Ambedkar: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of twisting facts and distorting his remarks in the Rajya Sabha related to B R Ambedkar after BJP leaders exposed the opposition partys repeated insults to the architect of the Constitution reported news agency PTICongress in the past has misrepresented his and even PM Modis comments to misled people alleged Amit Shah at a press conference at BJP HQ in New DelhiI condemn the Congress for twisting facts Why did it happen It happened because BJP leaders spoke on how the NDA governments upheld the Constitution and established with facts that the Congress is antiAmbedkar antiConstitution and antireservation Shah toldThe senior BJP leader said the Congress also insulted V D Savarkar and blew to smithereens the values enshrined in the Constitution by imposing Emergency stated PTIWhen all these facts came out the Congress used its old tricks and made an effort to mislead the society by presenting twisted facts Shah saidShah at the press conference stated he comes from a party that can never insult AmbedkarAsked about Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharges demand for his resignation the home minister said in a lighter vein that he can quit if this will make the Congress president happy but it will never solve his problems He has to remain in his chair a reference to his party being in the opposition for 15 more years Shah said reported ANIShah said that the Congress president Kharge is acting under Rahul Gandhis pressure to be part of this malicious campaign against himPM Modi calls Congress liars Says theyrsquove insulted Dr Ambedkar for years watch videoEarlier on Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets defended Amit Shahs remarksPM Modi said that Shah had exposed the Congress dark history of insulting Baba Saheb Ambedkar after which they were clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented stated ANIIn a series of posts on X PM Modi said that Congress sat in power for years but did nothing to empower the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communitiesIn Parliament HM AmitShah Ji exposed the Congressrsquo dark history of insulting Dr Ambedkar and ignoring the SCST Communities They are clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented which is why they are now indulging in theatrics Sadly for them people know the truth pictwittercoml2csoc0Bvdmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi December 18 2024In Parliament Amit Shah Ji exposed the Congress dark history of insulting Dr Ambedkar and ignoring the SCST Communities They are clearly stung and stunned by the facts he presented which is why they are now indulging in theatrics Sadly for them people know the truth Congress can try as they want but they cant deny that the worst massacres against SCST Communities have happened under their regimes For years they sat in power but did nothing substantive to empower the SC and ST communities PM Modi saidWith inputs from PTI ANI