NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday said the country’s first Prime Minister and Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru was “anti-reservation” and the Opposition is claiming Home Minister Amit Shah insulted BR Ambedkar as it does not have any important issue to raise.
The Union MSME minister and leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha, a key NDA ally, made the remarks when asked about the Opposition’s claim that Shah insulted Ambedkar during his speech in the Rajya Sabha.
“They (Opposition) do not have any (concrete) issue to raise that is why they are saying this. We have the agenda of taking the nation forward from a political as well as economic point of view.
He (Shah) challenged them (Congress) saying you keep taking his (Ambedkar’s) name but do you follow him … You insulted him whereas this government is honouring him. It has become their tendency to cast allegations as they do not have any other issue,” he told PTI.