PM Modi should sack Amit Shah by midnight if he respects Ambedkar: Mallikarjun Kharge

“I say to the PM that if you have any space for Babasahab, then remove Amit Shah ji immediately. If not, then all you say about Ambedkar ji is drama. Our first demand is the removal of Amit Shah, and the second is an apology. And if not, then Modiji should remove him,” said the Congress chief.

Kharge’s comments came after the Prime Minister criticised the Opposition, which has accused Amit Shah of insulting Ambedkar during his speech in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, saying the “rotten ecosystem of the Congress and its malicious lies cannot hide its misdeeds”. In a series of posts on X, PM Modi also listed the “Congress’ sins” towards Ambedkar.

In his speech Tuesday evening, Amit Shah said it was a new fashion these days to chant the name of Ambedkar and listed the Congress’ “injustices” towards him.

Referring to Shah’s speech, Kharge said, “Yesterday, our Amit Shah ji said something which was condemnable. It is unfortunate … He taunted while looking at Opposition parties… He said if we had taken God’s name so many times, we would have got heaven in seven lives”.

“They don’t believe in the Constitution. When they talk of heaven and hell, it is from Manusmriti… This is their thinking. And their ideologues also said the same things. It is like school education and they follow it. They also say the Congress insulted Dr Ambedkar. I have said in House that how they have tried to demean Nehru ji and Gandhi family,” said Kharge.

The Congress president said “Modi sahab is defending him through a series of posts on social media” instead of “checking him and telling him this was not right and why he said so…” “What was the need? If someone says something wrong about Babasaheb, he should have been removed from Cabinet. They are deep friends. And if one of them sins, the other supports them. I want to know from Modi ji that the Constitution you are saying is pious. They never respected the Constitution,” said Kharge.