Congress Targets RSS on Constitution Anniversary, Cites Ambedkar’s Praise for Party’s Role
Congress quotes Ambedkar’s direct praise, accuses RSS of unending assault.
Marking the exact 76th anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar moving the historic resolution for adoption of the Draft Constitution on November 25, 1949, the Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp offensive against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, accusing it of unleashing a “ferocious assault” on both the architect of the Constitution and the document itself — an ideological hostility that began in 1949 and, the party claims, has never abated.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh released extensive excerpts from Ambedkar’s monumental closing speech in the Constituent Assembly, where the chairman of the Drafting Committee unambiguously attributed the Constitution’s successful passage to the Congress party’s overwhelming presence and iron discipline, describing it as the indispensable “cement” that held together an otherwise potentially chaotic assembly of diverse ideologies and interests.
In Ambedkar’s own words quoted by Ramesh, the Drafting Committee’s task would have descended into insurmountable chaos had the Congress not imposed order and predictability, ensuring that every article and amendment sailed through with certainty — a debt of gratitude that led Ambedkar to declare that the Congress Party was “entitled to all the credit” for delivering independent India its foundational charter.
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The Congress contrasted this unequivocal endorsement from the father of the Constitution with what it described as a simultaneous, vicious ideological onslaught by the RSS against both Ambedkar personally and the secular, social-justice-oriented Constitution he crafted — an attack that began immediately after the document’s adoption and has manifested in various forms across seven decades, according to the party’s narrative.
As the nation prepares to celebrate Samvidhan Diwas on November 26 — the day the Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution in 1949 — the Congress statement positions itself as the uncompromising guardian of Ambedkar’s legacy and constitutional values, directly challenging the RSS and its political affiliates on the eve of one of independent India’s most significant democratic milestones.
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