"Rubbing Salt On Wound": Arvind Kejriwal On PM's Post Amid Ambedkar Row
NDTV
Prime Minister Modi has said the Congress and its "rotten ecosystem" were "gravely mistaken" if they thought "malicious lies" could hide their insult of BR Ambedkar
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar had rubbed "salt on the wound". Mr Kejriwal said he was "shocked" after reading the Prime Minister's six-point thread on the uproar over Mr Shah's remarks.
"You are saying the Congress did wrong by Baba Saheb. So how does this give you, your party, or your Home Minister the right to insult Baba Saheb? If Congress treated Baba Saheb wrongly? you will do so too? What kind of a clarification is this, coming from the Prime Minister?" the AAP leader said. "The country is outraged over the way your Home Minister insulted Baba Saheb in Parliament. And your statement has sprinkled salt on the wound."
Mr Kejriwal's remarks come against the backdrop of the upcoming Delhi election and the AAP would be looking to corner the Opposition BJP on this issue. Earlier, the AAP leader had hit out at Amit Shah over his remarks. "Amit Shah ji, Baba Saheb is no less than a god for every child in this country. We don't know about heaven, but if Baba Saheb's Constitution was not there, you would not let the oppressed and Dalits live on earth," he said in a post this morning.
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