Congress's Countrywide Protest Seeking Amit Shah's Resignation

Mallikarjun Kharge said if PM had any respect for Ambedkar, he should sack the Home minister...

A countrywide protest has been planned by the Congress seeking Union home minister Amit Shah's resignation due to his remarks on BR Ambedkar that he made in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday during the ongoing Parliament Winter Session.

The protest will held across all the country in all Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC) at state and district headquarter, as per the reports.

Amit Shah's remarks on BR Ambedkar have stirred a massive political slugfest, with the Congress-led Opposition seizing on the comments to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government.

The attack has came from almost all opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, DMK, RJD, Left parties, and Shiv Sena-UBT, led to the adjournment of both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday and prompted the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to defend Amit Shah.

Abhi ek fashion ho gaya hai - Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar. Itna naam agar bhagwan ka lete to saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar'. If they had taken God's name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven)," Shah had said.

It all started when Amit Shah's remarks on Tuesday in Rajya Sabha that Congress leaders would have got a place in heaven had they chanted the name of God rather than following the “fashion of repeating Ambedkar’s name”

Amit Shah had also said the BJP is happy that the Congress is taking Ambedkar's name but the party should also speak about its real sentiments towards him.

The remarks by Amit Shah resulted a massive political row with the Congress and other opposition parties demanding his resignation as he insult  the architect of the Constitution.

The ruckus in Parliament also spilled on to the streets of Delhi and places as far as Maharashtra, Bihar and Tamil Nadu. In Delhi, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal led hundreds of supporters to gather outside BJP office and protest noisily amid slogans "Amit Shah maafi mango, Amit Shah sharm karo".

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had any respect for Ambedkar, he should sack the home minister today itself in case Shah does not quit on his own.