Rahul has no moral right to visit Ambedkar's birthplace: BJP

June 04, 2015 19:40

Union Minister for Social Justiceand Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot today said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had "no moral right" to visit the birthplace of Dr B R Ambedkar at Mhow, because the Congress never respected the Dalit icon in his lifetime.

"Rahul has no moral right to visit Ambedkar's birthplace because it was the Congress which hadn't allowed Ambedkar to go to the Parliament. Now, by suddenly remembering him, the Congress is trying to lure Dalits, while it is a fact that it never respected him when it was in power," Gehlot said, speaking to reporters in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.

Rahul recently visited Mhow to launch the Congress's celebration of Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary.

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