‘Insult’ to Ambedkar to be top agenda of special Cong’s Belagavi meet | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The controversy over Union home minister Amit Shah’s alleged “insult” of Ambedkar will figure prominently in the special CWC meeting called in Belagavi to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi becoming the Congress president, the party said, as it named the public meeting to be held on the second day as “Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan” rally.
AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and spokesperson Pawan Khera said the “nav satyagrah baithak” to be held on Dec 26-27 will decide the party’s action plan for the coming year.
As part of ‘Ambedkar Samman Saptah’ to protest against Shah, Congress district units Tuesday took out “Ambedkar samman march” and submitted memorandum to district collectors urging the President of India to sack Shah as home minister. Earlier, the party held press conferences in 150 cities as part of the protest. Congress said like the chintan shivir in Udaipur and AICC session in Raipur, the Belagavi session will bring out historic decisions that will set the course for the party’s activities in the new year. The CWC will pass two resolutions in the meeting, with one being political.
Besides the political concerns and action plan focussing on the “challenges facing the country under the Modi govt”, Congress will also follow up on the Shah-Ambedkar row, as the party plans to intensify its protest.
Ramesh said RSS could never accept the Constitution and Ambedkar, and has been trying for years to change the Constitution. “When PM Modi became an MP and entered Parliament, he prostrated on the steps. The result was that the old Parliament building was abandoned and the new building was inaugurated. On Nov 26 this year, the PM prostrated before the original copy of the Constitution, which means a new Constitution will be brought,” he said.