Modi govt only pays lip service to Ambedkar, BJP-RSS his enemies: Kharge
The Hindu
Congress president Kharge criticizes Modi government for neglecting Ambedkar's legacy and demands caste census and reservation implementation.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (April 14, 2025) accused the Modi government of paying only "lip service" to B.R. Ambedkar's legacy but doing nothing to fulfil his wishes, and claimed the BJP-RSS were "enemies" of the architect of the Constitution.
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his criticism of the Congress' treatment of Ambedkar, Mr. Kharge cited a letter by Ambedkar in which he blamed S.A. Dange and V.D. Savarkar for his defeat in the elections of 1952.
Speaking to reporters on the occasion of Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Mr. Kharge stressed the need for a nationwide caste census as well as implementation of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in private educational institutions.
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He said the Constitution is a gift from Ambedkar to citizens as it gives them the right of social, economic and political justice.
"In the AICC session, we have taken this forward. We forwarded the ideas of social justice in the AICC session," he said.
Mr. Kharge said the Congress wants to forward five issues that it is striving for and asserted that a nationwide caste census is necessary.
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