Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge launched a sharp attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, calling him India’s most “incompetent” Home Minister for his remarks on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the former Minister of Law and Justice.
“Amit Shah the Union Home Minister has gone senile. He is probably India’s most incompetent Home Minister in independent India. The way he spoke, his tone, tenor, and body language completely reeks of arrogance. He is drunk with power. He has gone senile and does not know what he is speaking. This is nothing but the Manusmriti ideology of his that is making him so arrogant. Just by having 240 seats they are talking like this, imagine if they had got 400 seats…This insult to BR Ambedkar repeatedly by the BJP cannot and will not be tolerated,” Kharge said while addressing reporters.
Kharge reiterated that the Congress would resist any attempt to impose Manusmriti ideology on the country, emphasizing the primacy of the Constitution authored by Ambedkar.
“At no point, we will allow Manusmriti to take over the ideology of this country. This country is governed by the constitution of India given by Dr BR Ambedkar. This country is not governed by Manusmriti,” he added.
Earlier in the day, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge submitted a notice of privilege against Amit Shah, accusing him of making disrespectful remarks about Ambedkar during a debate in the Rajya Sabha.
In his letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman, Kharge highlighted Shah’s remarks made during the discussion on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India.” Shah reportedly said, “Sir, it has become a fashion now, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. If you had taken the name of God this much, you would have attained heaven for 7 births.”
Describing the remarks as “satirical” and “in bad taste,” Mallikarjun Kharge stated, “At the outset, I would like to state that it is well established that any misconduct in the presence of the House or casting reflections and making defamatory statements constitute a breach of privilege and contempt of the House.”
In response to Shah’s comments, INDIA Alliance MPs, led by Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in Parliament demanding the Home Minister’s resignation.
The controversy has sparked a political uproar, with the Congress accusing the BJP of repeatedly disrespecting Dr. Ambedkar’s legacy and ideology.