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Ambedkar Row: Amid an ongoing political row over Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged remarks on Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday (December 19) demanded Shah to take back his words and also repent for the same.

The BSP supremo also said that Shah’s remarks harmed the Dalit icon's dignity and offended his followers. "The words used by the BJP's Amit Shah in Parliament about the original architect of the Indian Constitution and the revered God and Messiah of Dalits and other neglected classes, Param Pujya Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, have greatly harmed Babasaheb's dignity," Mayawati was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

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"Our party believes that this has insulted him in a way, due to which there is tremendous anger and resentment among his followers in the whole country and I would say that he should take back these words soon and also repent for this. Otherwise, his followers will never be able to forget this incident nor will they ever be able to forgive him," the BSP chief added.

Mayawati also criticized the Congress, accusing the grand old party of failing to give Dr BR Ambedkar the respect he deserved in the past. "Ambedkar's followers have not yet been able to forget the innumerable misdeeds of the Congress party against Babasaheb. They are never going to forgive the Congress party, no matter how much it changes its style and conduct etc,” she added.

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The BSP chief accused the Congress of attempting to remove Dr Ambedkar's name and his significant contributions to the creation of the Constitution from historical records after his death. 

Mayawati's reaction came at a time when the BJP and opposition parties were embroiled in a heated debate over Shah's remarks made earlier this week in the Rajya Sabha. "It has become a fashion to say 'Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar'. If they had taken God's name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven in all seven lives," Shah said in the viral video.

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