Terming Dr. B.R. Ambedkar a national leader, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson and former Minister Priyank Kharge expressed discontent over efforts being made by vested interests to project Ambedkar as a leader of Dalits.
“Ambedkar is India’s national leader who fought for the uplift of all oppressed and marginalised communities and to make them stand on an equal footing with others. His fight for equality and brotherhood is unparallel. However, some vested interests in society have been trying to confine him to a particular community,” Mr. Kharge said.
He was addressing a public meeting organised at Herur (B) village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district on Monday, as part of the celebrations of Ambedkar’s 131st birth anniversary.
