The BJP on January 27 accused the Congress of being “anti-Dalit”, sharing a screenshot of a now-deleted tweet by Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda endorsing Sudheendra Kulkarni’s article posted on social media platform X that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s contributions to the Indian Constitution were more than that of B.R. Ambedkar’s.
Mr. Kulkarni, a former close aide of BJP veteran L.K. Advani, has in the article said that B.R. Ambedkar was not the maker of India’s Constitution and the contribution of late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was far greater in its framing than that of Ambedkar.
Union Minister for Law and Justice Arun Ram Meghwal demanded to know whether the rest of the Congress party shared Mr. Pitroda’s endorsement in the now deleted tweet. “The entire world believes that B.R. Ambedkar had played the main role in the making of the Constitution and Pitroda’s remarks on his contributions are a reflection of the Congress’ mindset of insulting Babasaheb,” Mr. Meghwal said.
