Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in his Republic Day tackle at Dibrugarh as we speak, as soon as once more raised the problem of BR Ambedkar, claiming India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, stored him out of the Constituent Meeting that drafted the Structure. Mr Sarma claimed this whereas emphasizing on the challenges Dr Ambedkar confronted whereas drafting the Structure.
“Babasaheb Ambedkar is the founding father of our Structure. His inclusion within the constituency meeting had many challenges. His identify was not there within the first checklist of members of Constituent meeting who have been to draft the structure,” the Chief Minister stated.
A Dalit chief from East Bengal, Jogendranath Mondal, proposed Dr Ambedkar’s identify in his place and solely after that he had the chance to be a part of the historic work, he stated.
“At this time I bear in mind a press release of Pandit Nehru concerning the inclusion of Ambedkar. Nehru had claimed that Ambedkar was a trouble-maker and needed to maintain him outdoors the constituent meeting,” he stated.
The Chief Minister additional claimed that Ambedkar was included as a result of Mahatma Gandhi recognised the benefit in him and trusted his skill and took a stand towards the place Nehru had taken.
“This determination of Gandhi was proved to be fruitful by the constituent meeting led by Ambedkar who gave us a structure based mostly on equality and brotherhood,” he added.
The Chief Minister’s assertion has drawn sharp reactions from the Congress.
Chief of Opposition in Assam meeting Debabrata Saikia condemned the remarks and alleged it was an try to defame Babasaheb Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru by distorting the reality.
“Initially Ambedkar was elected to constituency meeting from Bengal. However after partition his constituency went to Pakistan and he has to vacate his seat. It was Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel who went to Gandhi-ji to debate this. After this Ambedkar was supplied a seat within the constituent meeting by vacating a seat from Pune,” Mr Saikia informed reporters.