Congress Anti-Ambedkar, Twisted My Words”: Amit Shah Amid Massive Row

New Delhi: 

Home Minister Amit Shah – at the centre of a ferocious Congress-led maelstrom following his “Ambedkar is the fashion” quip in Parliament last night – counterattacked Wednesday evening by accusing his rivals of being “anti-Ambedkar” and “anti-Constitution”, and “spreading lies”.

A combative Amit Shah – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s No 2 and one of the most powerful figures in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party – declared his rivals had “distorted facts” after being stung by “examples of how the Constitution was attacked and wounded by the Congress (when it was in power)”.

“They (the Congress) have distorted the comment I made in the Rajya Sabha. They made edited versions of Modiji‘s speeches. I request the media to put my full statement in front of the people… I come from a party which follows the ideals of Ambedkar,” Mr Shah told reporters.

“The Congress disrespected the Army and women, and even broke up the country and gave it to foreign powers. When this truth was uncovered… they distorted facts and misled people yesterday.”