Following massive protest from the Opposition, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress during a press conference in Delhi, accusing the opposition party of distorting remarks made in Parliament and adopting an anti-Ambedkar stance.

Reacting to the row over remarks he made in Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate, Amit Shah said that his statements were misrepresented. He added that Congress spreads fake news, and that he can never speak against Ambedkar. He noted that the way Congress has distorted comments made in Parliament is extremely condemnable.

This follows after a row erupted over the remarks Amit Shah made in Parliament on Tuesday. The Home Minister said that it has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. He continued that if the Congress had taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven.

This led to a sharp reaction from the Opposition MPs, who staged a protest inside Parliament premises today. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a press conference and demanded the sacking of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The Congress Chief said that their demand is that Amit Shah should apologise and if PM Modi has faith in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Home Minister should be sacked by midnight. The Congress leader added that Shah has no right to remain in the cabinet. He should be sacked and only then will people remain silent, otherwise, people will protest, Mallikarjun Kharge continued. People are ready to sacrifice their lives for Dr BR Ambedkar, he said.

Meanwhile, Amit Shah hit back at the Congress and accused the party of being anti-Ambedkar, anti-reservation, and anti-Constitution. Emphasizing on the BJP’s efforts to honour Dr. BR Ambedkar, Amit Shah said that the Congress governments never built an Ambedkar memorial. It was the BJP governments that developed several sites associated with him, and it was also the Modi government that announced Constitution Day to honor his legacy, the Home Minister continued.

He further alleged that the Congress had a history of undermining constitutional values. He remarked that BJP speakers in Parliament presented facts showing how the BJP has always protected the Constitution whenever it was in power. This proves that Congress is anti-Ambedkar, anti-reservation, and anti-Constitution, he claimed. Amit Shah further asserted that Congress even insulted Veer Savarkar and attacked the Constitution by imposing Emergency.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a new health scheme for senior citizens in Delhi ahead of the upcoming assembly election in February.

The AAP Chief announced that elderly citizens over 60 years of age will receive treatment free of cost in both government and private hospitals under the new scheme called Sanjeevani Yojana.  He said that there will be no upper limit on the cost of treatment. He mentioned that registration for the scheme will start in a day or two, and the AAP workers will come to people’s homes for registration, who will give the residents a card. He added that once AAP comes into power after the elections, the policy will be implemented.

His announcement comes after the face-off between the opposition BJP and the ruling AAP over non-implementation of the Centre’s Ayushmaan Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). Nearly seven BJP MPs moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Delhi government to implement the scheme.

Reportedly, the petitioners Harsh Malhotra, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Praveen Khandelwal, Yogendra Chandolia, Manoj Tiwari, Kamaljeet Sehrawat and Bansuri Swaraj argued that citizens in the capital were facing high out-of-pocket medical expenses due to the non-implementation of the scheme.

Later on November 27, the Delhi High Court sought the Delhi government’s stance on implementing the scheme and said that steps must be taken to iron out the differences within the Delhi administration.

After the high court’s remarks, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi directed the health department to formulate a mechanism to incorporate the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat scheme without withdrawing the benefits of the Delhi government’s free healthcare facilities for the people.

She said that the exclusions under Ayushman Bharat do not align with this system, and that the government does not want to take away free medical care from anyone. Hence, directions have been issued to the Health Department to devise a mechanism that ensures no one in Delhi is deprived of the free healthcare services they currently receive while also incorporating the benefits of Ayushman Bharat, she continued.

PM Narendra Modi today accused the Congress and its rotten ecosystem of insulting BR Ambedkar for several years as he listed the party’s several sins towards the architect of the Indian Constitution. His statement on the Congress came as the party sought the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi detailed how the Congress allegedly indulged in every possible dirty trick to obliterate the legacy of Dr Ambedkar and humiliate the SC/STs. He added that Ambedkar was known for championing the rights of SCs/STs.

He mentioned that if the Congress and its rotten ecosystem think their malicious lies can hide their misdeeds of several years, especially their insult towards Dr. Ambedkar, they are gravely mistaken.

Furthermore, listing the Congress’s sins towards Ambedkar, the Prime Minister said not only did the party deny him a Bharat Ratna, but also defeated him twice in elections.

He underlined that the list of sins includes getting BR Ambedkar defeated in elections not once but twice. Pandit Nehru campaigning against him and making his loss a prestige issue,  denying him a Bharat Ratna, denying his portrait a place of pride in Parliament’s Central Hall, he listed.

He stated that in the 1952 Lok Sabha polls, Dr Ambedkar lost to Congress candidate Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar in Bombay (North). He faced defeat again in the 1954 by-election in Bhandara to Congress’s Bhaurao Borkar.

Narendra Modi also said that the worst massacres against SC/ST communities happened under the Congress. He added that for years, the Congress sat in power but did nothing substantive to empower the SC and ST communities.

The Prime Minister further highlighted several initiatives taken by the BJP government to fulfil the vision of Dr Ambedkar over the last decade such as removing 25 crore people from poverty, and strengthening the SC/ST Act.

Also, defending Amit Shah’s remarks in the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate, PM Modi said the Congress was doing theatrics after being stung and stunned by the Home Minister’s address. He asserted that Amit Shah exposed the Congress’s dark history of insulting Dr. Ambedkar. He claimed that the Congress are clearly stung and stunned by the facts the Home Minister presented, which is why they are now indulging in theatrics.

The tussle between BJP and Congress regarding BR Ambedkar began after Amit Shah said that it has become a fashion for Congress to take Ambedkar’s name.  The Home Minister said that if the Congress had taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven.

Accusing Amit Shah of insulting Ambedkar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge sought his resignation and a public apology. Furthermore, Congress and opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi also staged a protest in Parliament premises holding photos of Ambedkar.