{"id":819289,"date":"2025-01-12T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/without-ambedkar-i-might-have-remained-a-shepherd-in-my-village-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T16:12:03","slug":"without-ambedkar-i-might-have-remained-a-shepherd-in-my-village-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/without-ambedkar-i-might-have-remained-a-shepherd-in-my-village-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Ambedkar, I might have remained a shepherd in my village: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n CM Siddaramaiah read out a statement in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly amid protests by ruling Congress members criticising Union Minister Amit Shah for his remarks against Dr. B.R. Ambedjar and counter-protest by the Opposition BJP.
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Taking serious exception to Union Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s alleged derogatory remarks about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar<\/a> in the Rajya Sabha, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday (December 19, 2024) said the father of the Indian Constitution was \u201cnot a regret as Amit Shah insinuated, but an eternal inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

An enduring legacy<\/h4>\n

Reading out a statement in the Assembly amid protests by ruling Congress members who were criticising Mr. Shah for his remarks and counter-protest by the Opposition BJP, Mr. Siddaramaiah said, \u201cAs long as we live, and the sun and moon shine upon this earth, Dr. Ambedkar\u2019s legacy will endure. The more BJP leaders belittle him, the stronger his influence becomes, guiding us toward progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr. Shah, in his speech in the Rajya Sabha on December 17 had said it is now a \u201cfashion\u201d to keep repeating \u201cAmbedkar, Ambedkar,\u201d but if the Opposition had taken God\u2019s name as often, they would have reached heaven.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet this government remember that without Dr. Ambedkar\u2019s contributions, I would not have had the opportunity to serve as Chief Minister. Instead, I might have remained a shepherd in my village. Our senior leader, Mallikarjun Kharge, who now holds the prestigious position of AICC President, might have been a factory worker in Kalaburagi,\u201d Mr. Siddaramaiah said.<\/p>\n

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The Karnataka Legislative Assembly witnessed commotion following protests by ruling Congress members, criticising Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, and counter-protest by the Opposition BJP.
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\u201cDr. Ambedkar and the Constitution he gave us have elevated us and given us the privilege to serve the people. Let it not be forgotten that even Amit Shah, who now occupies the office of Union Home Minister, owes this position to the Constitution drafted by Dr. Ambedkar. Without it, he might have been engaged in some scrap business in his hometown,\u201d the Chief Minister said.<\/p>\n

He sarcastically said that he would congratulate Mr. Shah for having the courage to \u201copenly reveal the BJP\u2019s inner sentiments\u201d and that of Sangh Parivar about Dr. Ambedkar and, perhaps for the first time in his life, stating a truth. \u201cHowever, when the nation turned against the BJP and its leaders over this statement, as expected, he tried to twist his words and issued a clarification, claiming, \u2018We respect Dr. Ambedkar.\u2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi even rushed to defend his close associate with an elaborate statement. This, too, was predictable,\u201d the Chief Minister said.<\/p>\n

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No slip of tongue<\/h4>\n

Mr. Shah\u2019s words, the Chief Minister said, was not a slip of the tongue. \u201cThe BJP\u2019s and RSS\u2019s primary reason for their dislike of Dr. Ambedkar lies in the Constitution he drafted. Before the written Constitution came into force, the Manusmriti, which institutionalised caste and gender discrimination, governed us. Dr. Ambedkar not only gave us the Constitution rooted in liberty, equality, and fraternity but also publicly burned the Manusmriti on December 25, 1927. Twenty-two years later, he introduced the new Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that during Dr. Ambedkar\u2019s lifetime, the RSS, the ideological parent of the BJP, opposed both Dr. Ambedkar and the Constitution he drafted. \u201cOn November 26, 1949, Dr. Ambedkar presented the Constitution to the nation. Merely four days later, the RSS\u2019s mouthpiece Organiser<\/i> criticised the Constitution in an editorial, claiming it lacked \u201cIndianness\u201d and glorifying the Manusmriti as a law deserving global respect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Published – December 19, 2024 06:33 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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