Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Congress has always insulted Dr Ambedkar: Chirag Paswan

Mumbai: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday claimed that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar has always been insulted by the Congress.

The national president of Lok Janshakti Party said the Congress had ensured the defeat of Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian constitution, in Lok Sabha elections.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working towards implementing Ambedkar’s ideals and this is the reason the opposition is scared and flaunts the Constitution in public,” said the MP from Hajipur in Bihar after paying homage at Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai's Dadar, where the Dalit icon was cremated.

Before 1989, Ambedkar’s picture had not been put in the Central Hall of the Parliament building, while portraits of “three members of the same family” adorned the walls there, he said adding that it reflects the Congress mindset.

The Union Minister of Food Processing Industries was in the city to campaign for the candidates of the BJP-led Mahayuti ahead of the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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