Congress denied Ambedkar last rites in Delhi:UP CM Adityanath

Accusing the Congress of disrespecting Dr B R Ambedkar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday alleged that the grand old party denied the architect of the Indian Constitution a memorial and did not allow his last rites to take place in the national capital.The chief minister made this assertion while addressing a workshop held under 'Bharat Ratna' Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Samaroh in Lucknow. "First they (apparently pointing towards the Congress) made Babasaheb Ambedkar lose the elections. After his 'mahaparinirvaan', they did not allow his last rites to be performed in Delhi. The Congress also did not allow his memorial to come up," said Adityanath.The last rites of Dr Ambedkar, who died at his home in Delhi on December 6, 1956, were performed according to Buddhist traditions. His cremation took place at Chaitya Bhoomi in Maharashtra’s Mumbai city. He also pointed out, “In 1976, they brought an amendment in the Constitution and inserted a word against which Babasaheb had himself given arguments.” Calling for a continued effort to disseminate accurate information, he remarked, “Until we present the correct facts before people, those who have been misleading people to serve their own political interests will continue to exploit the Dalits and the deprived by misleading them and creating chaos in the country. Such people will keep climbing the political ladder. They will keep depriving the Dalits and poor.”
CM Yogi also criticised the opposition parties, alleging that they are instigating violence in the wake of the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. He was reacting to the recent violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, where three Hindus, including a father-son duo, were reportedly killed. “It is surprising that this is the same country in which lakhs of acres of land has been occupied in the name of Waqf. They (occupiers) have no papers, no revenue records and ever since the (Waqf) Amendment Bill was passed and action is being taken, violence is being instigated for it,” he added, as quoted by news agency PTI.