Communal forces should introspect Ambedkar’s conversion, says Shinde
14 Oct 2013 6:27 AM IST
Shinde said this in his speech after inaugurating the ‘Statue of Freedom of Press’ at a media’s printing plant at Butibori near here.
‘It was on this day that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar parted ways with the communally bias society and converted his followers. The society today needs to contemplate over the reasons behind Dr Ambedkar’s decision to start conversion.
‘In the recent past communal forces have once again started to resurface. But, we came in to power as a secular front and in no circumstances would we allow such forces to prevail,’ Shinde said.
Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with lakhs of his followers in Nagpur in 1956.
It is high time the communal forces introspected on this, Shinde said.
Shinde also said that a country such as America has been shut down due to the economic downturn, but not a single employee has been discontinued in India.
‘It is unfair to judge the government on basis of a 4.5 per cent growth rate as the parameters of development are far more diverse then just this,’ he said.
‘It was on this day that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar parted ways with the communally bias society and converted his followers. The society today needs to contemplate over the reasons behind Dr Ambedkar’s decision to start conversion.
‘In the recent past communal forces have once again started to resurface. But, we came in to power as a secular front and in no circumstances would we allow such forces to prevail,’ Shinde said.
Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with lakhs of his followers in Nagpur in 1956.
It is high time the communal forces introspected on this, Shinde said.
Shinde also said that a country such as America has been shut down due to the economic downturn, but not a single employee has been discontinued in India.
‘It is unfair to judge the government on basis of a 4.5 per cent growth rate as the parameters of development are far more diverse then just this,’ he said.
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