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Congress to celebrate Ambedkar jayanthi
Congress
to celebrate Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary
New Delhi, April 13 The Congress will start year-long celebration of B.R. Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary from his birth place Mhow in what is now Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by a "celebration committee" of the party
chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi that met here on Monday.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and senior Congress leaders A.K. Antony,
Mallikarjun Kharge and Sushil Kumar Shinde also attended the meeting at met at
Gandhi's 10, Janpath residence of Gandhi.
The celebrations will conclude on April 14, 2016 in Nagpur.
K. Raju, convener of Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar's 125th Birth Anniversary
Celebrations Committee, said the message Congress intends to send across is
Ambedkar worked in close partnership with Congress leaders and shaped the
Indian constitution.
"This is the message Congress would like to highlight because there is a
lot of misinformation that is going on and there is lot of misrepresentation of
facts. The Congress would like to set the record straight as to how the party
has facilitated his entry to the constituent assembly and how he worked closely
with the Congress leaders," Raju said.
He also said the Congress would like to portray Ambedkar "not as a dalit
leader but as a statesman and as someone who fought for social justice".
The Congress has been often accused by opposing parties, specially the BJP, for
ignoring the legacy of leaders other than those from the Nehru-Gandhi family.