Left parties condemn Amit Shah’s ‘remarks’ against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Left parties staging a protest condemning Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, at Gandhi statue in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
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Leaders of Left parties in Visakhapatnam demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should not be allowed to visit Andhra Pradesh for his alleged humiliating remarks against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Protesting against the visit of Mr. Amit Shah to the State on Saturday and Sunday, CPI, CPM and other Left parties’ leaders staged a demonstration at the GVMC Gandhi Statue in the city. Speaking on the occasion, CPM district secretary M. Jaggunaidu and CPI district leader G.S. Atchyuta Rao deplored the Centre for trying to change the Constitution.

“When the Opposition parties raised a hue and cry over the Centre’s move on the Rajya Sabha floor, Mr. Amit Shah humiliated the other party leaders as well as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,” they said. They added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi too backed Mr. Amit Shah’s remarks.

They found fault with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan for not condemning the remarks of Mr. Amit Shah.