Senior Congress chief and technocrat Sam Pitroda is underneath fireplace for an alleged publish on former legislation minister B.R. Ambedkar’s contribution to the Indian Structure. In response to a purported screenshot, Pitroda allegedly asserted that Jawaharlal Nehru, not Ambedkar, performed a extra vital position in shaping the Structure. Sharing an article by political activist Sudheendra Kulkarni, he allegedly posted, “Nehru contributed extra to the Structure and never Ambedkar.”
“Who Contributed Extra to the Structure and Its Preamble? Nehru, NOT Ambedkar “Babasaheb ka diya hua Samvidhan Ambedkar is the Father of the Indian Dr Structure” is the most important falsification of our nation’s fashionable historical past,” he allegedly acknowledged quoting the article.
It have to be famous that the authenticity of the purported screenshot can’t be verified as a hyperlink to it’s at present unavailable and will have been deleted.
The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has condemned the remarks as social gathering spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused the Congress of persistently disrespecting Ambedkar, alleging that the social gathering has a historical past of opposing him, denying him Bharat Ratna, and defeating him in elections.
Poonawalla commented, “Congress insults Ambedkar ji once more. Now on directions from Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda has insulted Ambedkar ji & has denied his contributions to Structure itself. These are phrases of Sam however emotions do Sonia & Rahul who hate Ambedkar & SC samaj.”
Congress insults Ambedkar ji once more
We all know that Congress at all times hated Babasaheb Ambedkar & defeated him twice & denied him Bharat Ratna for many years as a result of they worship just one household
Now on directions if Rahul Gandhi – Sam Pitroda has insulted Ambedkar ji & has denied his… pic.twitter.com/JDxcYo1dQu
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) January 27, 2024
BJP chief Tom Vadakkan took to X and remarked that neither Sudheen Kulkarni nor Sam Pitroda must be thought of “as historians of the nation’s fashionable historical past”. “Do not even attempt to create a story,” he wrote.
Bharat shouldn’t be going to simply accept Sudheen kulkarni or Sam pitroda
as historians of our nation’s
fashionable historical past. Do not even attempt to
create a story. pic.twitter.com/imCj9E9H60
— Tom Vadakkan (@TomVadakkan2) January 27, 2024
Chatting with information company ANI, BSP MP Malook Nagar expressed sturdy condemnation for anybody focusing on Babasaheb Ambedkar. He demanded an apology from the Congress management, together with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Priyanka Gandhi, and sought clarification on whether or not Sam Pitroda’s remarks represented a private stance or the official place of the Congress.
“How can one be spared if he targets Babasaheb Ambedkar who’s a Messiah for the marginalised communities of India? I can not perceive what has occurred to the Congress. On one hand, they develop into Hindus throughout elections, whereas on the opposite, they refused to go to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and you might be talking towards it…Should you converse towards Babasaheb, it’s sure that you’ll not stay neither right here nor there… Congress management like Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, (Mallikarjun) Kharge, or Priyanka (Gandhi) ought to apologise to the nation, and make clear whether or not Sam Pitroda’s views are private or on behalf of the Congress or is he an agent of somebody who desires to weaken the nation or kill the Congress,” he mentioned.
“(With statements like these) Congress social gathering’s demise is definite,” the BSP chief opined.
Bharat shouldn’t be going to simply accept Sudheen kulkarni or Sam pitroda
as historians of our nation’s
fashionable historical past. Do not even attempt to
create a story. pic.twitter.com/imCj9E9H60
— Tom Vadakkan (@TomVadakkan2) January 27, 2024
He additional known as for authorized motion towards Pitroda, insisting that an FIR must be filed and strict measures taken.
The Congress social gathering and Sam Pitroda are but to answer the allegations and remarks.