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Left Front in Tripura takes out protest rally seeking Amit Shah’s resignation over Ambedkar remarks

The Congress had also organised a protest rally in Tripura last week demanding Amit Shah's ouster over his Ambedkar remarks in Parliament.

Opposition parties have been demanding Shah's resignation over his comment in Parliament that it had become a "fashion" for the Congress to take Ambedkar's name. (Photo: Video screengrab/ X)

The Left Front in Tripura organised a protest rally in Agartala on Monday to condemn Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial remarks about Dr B R Ambedkar during the Winter Session of Parliament.

“We demand that he issue an apology and resign from his position (as minister). We are protesting across the country, including Tripura, and these protests will continue until Amit Shah apologises and resigns,” said Narayan Kar, convener of the Opposition Left Front, during a press conference in Agartala.

Opposition parties have been demanding Shah’s resignation over his comment in Parliament that it had become a “fashion” for the Congress to take Ambedkar’s name. “It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. If they had taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven,” Shah said while replying to the two-day debate in Rajya Sabha on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India” on December 17. After that, Congress and Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, protested on Parliament premises, holding Ambedkar’s photos.

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On December 24, the Congress held a protest rally in Agartala to demand Shah’s resignation. Tripura Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha, MLA Sudip Roy Barman, and others carried placards and posters of Ambedkar and raised slogans against Shah during the rally.

Protests have erupted across the country, with several political leaders, such as Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati, condemning Shah’s remarks.

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