Spokesperson: Shri Pawan Khera: He said that - Before I begin the Press conference, we would like to pay our tributes and we would like to condole the death of a journalist, an investigative journalist in Chhattisgarh Mr. Mukesh Chandrakar.

As you know, on December17, the Home Minister made a derogatory remark in the Parliament against Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, after which a movement was started by the Congress Party across the country. We were expecting that the Home Minister would apologize, but our expectation was wrong. We were expecting that the Prime Minister himself would intervene. The Prime Minister did intervene, but in favor of the Home Minister. A historic Congress Working Committee meeting was held in Belgaum. This issue was raised strongly there too and it was decided that a campaign would be started by the Congress Party, ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhaan’.

Congress Party is going to start this campaign in the whole country. Under this campaign, we will organize Chaupal in every district. We will discuss how not only Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar ji, but also the Constitution has been continuously being attacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for decades and every citizen has to bear the brunt of it. When we were passing this Constitution, the whole country was very eager to pass this Constitution, but on November30, 1949, RSS called the Constitution un-Indian in its mouthpiece ‘Organiser’. Those people have been after the Constitution for decades. They had burnt the effigy of Ambedkar ji in Ramlila Maidan.

Not only is Babasaheb Ambedkar being attacked, Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy is also being attacked.You yourself have been witnessing the glorification of his murderer Nathuram Godse for the last 10 years. The heroes of this country will remain heroes not only of this century but for many centuries to come, but the conspiracy to make those heroes villains did not start today. Before and after independence, the Sangh always tried such conspiracies.

The political branch of the Sangh is known to you as the BJP. Ever since the BJP came to power with absolute majority, these attacks have increased. The entire world considers Mahatma Gandhi as a moral compass. You can see how the ruling party is conspiring to gradually remove Mahatmaji from his own country.

Therefore, the Congress Party is preserving the legacy of Ambedkar ji and Mahatma ji with full responsibility.

It is in this context that we are starting this Chaupal, this campaign and as you heard in the Parliament, Priyanka ji said a very good thing - it is the Constitution, it is not the constitution of the Sangh. So, the governments will run on the basis of the Constitution, this country will run on the basis of the Constitution. Saturday, January 4, 2025