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Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien filed the notice under Rule 187 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Rajya Sabha
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during the Constitution debate in the Rajya Sabha at the winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 17. (Image: PTI)
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien on Wednesday moved a privilege motion against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on BR Ambedkar in Parliament.
The notice was filed under Rule 187 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Rajya Sabha. It quoted Shah’s statement made in the Upper House on Tuesday (December 17) during his reply to a debate on the 75 years of the Constitution.
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha witnessed protests from the Congress and some other opposition parties over his alleged insult of Ambedkar, resulting in both the Houses being adjourned. Criticising the Congress for repeatedly taking the name of Ambedkar, he had said in his remarks that if they taken God’s name so many times they could have earned a place in heaven.
“Abhi has become a fashion – Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. If they had taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven),” he said during his speech.
The home minister said the BJP was happy that the Congress was taking Ambedkar’s name but the party should also speak about its real sentiments towards him. He pointed out how Ambedkar had to resign from the first cabinet citing his disagreement with the then Congress-led government’s policies, including Article 370.
He further said most of the memorials of Ambedkar were built when the BJP came to power. “How appropriate is it for you to use the name of a person for vote bank politics whom you used to oppose?” he asked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
(With PTI inputs)
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