PM asks Cong to "repent" for "undermining" Ambedkar's legacy
Hitting back at the Congress which has accused him of trying to "appropriate" the legacy of national icons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the party that ruled the country for decades should "repent" for "undermining" the legacy of the architect of the Constitution. Addressing a rally on the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar at his birthplace here, Modi asked why Congress was getting perturbed when his government was working ardently for fulfilling the vision of the dalit icon and said he would have felt proud to work at "the feet of Baba Saheb". Modi, who had faced attack from Congress for trying to "approporiate" national icons, asked why the successive Congress governments did not develop the five places "panch teerth" associated with Ambedkar during their tenure. The Prime Minister, who chose the occasion to launch the 'Gram Uday se Bharat Uday Abhiyan' (village self governance campaign), said it was inspired by Amdedkar, who was a farsighted votary of social harmony and modern technology. Listing a number of measures that his government is taking to carry forward the vision of Ambedkar including those for empowering the weaker sections, Modi said, "For so many years, the vision of Ambedkar was undermined."
