Amit Shah insulted Ambedkar, he should be sacked: RJD

PTI Patna: Charging Union Home Minister Amit Shah with having “insulted” BR Ambedkar, the opposition RJD on Wednesday sought an apology besides his expulsion from the Narendra Modi cabinet. Addressing a press conference at the RJD office in Patna, state vice president Shiv Chandra Ram, MLA Rekha Paswan and SC/ST cell chief Anil Sadhu also trained their guns at Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, both Dalit leaders from Bihar, whom they accused of “smiling” in response to Shah’s speech in Parliament the day before.

“The language used by Amit Shah was unbecoming of his high office. We demand an apology from him for hurting the sentiments of the country’s 90 per cent population which revers Ambedkar. We also urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack him from the cabinet,” Ram said. The former state minister, who unsuccessfully contested the Hajipur seat that was won by Chirag Paswan, also took potshots at the young leader, whom he did not mention by name.

“There are more than 100 MPs in Parliament elected from seats reserved for Scheduled Castes. I call upon all of them to resign in protest against Shah’s remarks. I also want the leader who is fond of calling himself the cub of a ion (‘sher ka beta’), ” he said.