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JAMMU: Charging the Congress of exploiting the Scheduled Castes (SCs) for decades, BJP Anusuchit Jaati Morcha National General Secretary Ramesh Chandra said that even Dr. B.R Ambedkar was repeatedly ignored by the Congress neglecting his contribution for the society and the nation.
Addressing media persons here on Saturday, Chandra said that Dr. Ambedkar drafted and delivered world’s best Constitution to the then union government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru and instead of honouring him, Congress played proxy to check his growing popularity. “During first Lok Sabha elections, Congress worked towards getting Dr. Ambedkar defeated from Bombay. The same Congress worked for defeat of Dr. Ambedkar during 1953 by-election from Bhandara constituency. In other words, it can be concluded that Congress leadership of early ‘50s and after that also never wanted a Scheduled Caste to rise to any respectable position.
Ramesh Chandra said that a number of persons were decorated with Bharat Ratan by successive Congress governments but Dr. Ambedkar was never considered for such an honour.
Terming BJP as the only political party which has been treating SCs respectfully, Chandra said that BJP supported V.P Singh government to give Bharat Ratan to Ambedkar. The portrait of Dr. Ambedkar was also affixed in the Parliament gallery during this period.
The respect for Dr. Ambedkar in the scheme of things of BJP can be well judged from the fact that during NDA rule, Mau, the birth place of Dr. Ambedkar was beautified and renamed as Ambedkar Nagar and Deesha Bhoomi, where Dr. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism was also beautified by BJP coalition government of Maharashtra. Similarly, the BJP-led NDA paid Rs 16 crore to get vacated 26-Ali Pur Road bungalow, where Dr. Ambedkar had his last breathe, to set up an international level Memorial in memory of Dr. Ambedkar.
Ramesh Chandra Ratn said that facts themselves speak that while Congress always exploited the dalits and even adopted biased approach towards SC leaders, BJP always, whether in coalition or independent, took a number of initiatives for the welfare and uplift of SCs besides giving due respect and honour to its leaders like Dr. Ambedkar.
It is only BJP which deserves the votes of SCs and the members of this community also displayed their pledge during the recently held assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The same wave now is witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir, where the SC voters want to get rid of mis-governance, corruption, dynasty rule and want to bring in BJP as they are yearning for a government which has concern for the dalits and respect for their leaders, said Ramesh Chandra.
BJP State Spokesperson and State Election Media In-charge Arun Kumar Gupta, State Spokesperson Sunil Sethi, State President Anusuchit Jaati Morcha, Surinder Bhagat and Morcha State Prabhari N.D Rajwal were also present in the press conference.