BJP accuses Atishi of disrespecting Ambedkar during protest

The BJP has claimed that Aam Aadmi Party's Atishi disrespected the Dr. BR Ambedkar by placing his photo on his feet.

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00:00Now, the BJP has claimed that it's the Aam Aadmi Party that's insulting Ambedkar with

00:11a picture that they've put out from the protest today, led by Leader of Opposition, Atish

00:15Ji, where she's in fact resting the Ambedkar photo near her feet.

00:20The BJP said that this is proof of the Aam Aadmi Party insulting B.R.

00:26Ambedkar.

00:27We've got BJP's IT Cell Chief, Amit Malviya, putting out this picture of Atish Ji and

00:33saying that she has disrespected Ambedkar.

00:36Let's put out that picture on our screen.

00:38So, also of the BJP's allegation.

00:45Shreya is joining us with more details on this.

00:48Shreya, that photo, in fact, which we'll put out in just a bit, has led to a political

00:54showdown with the BJP claiming that now it's the Aam Aadmi Party that's insulting Ambedkar.

00:59Well, absolutely, you know, this is Amit Malviya's fresh tweet from the, I mean, scene where

01:07Atish Ji was actually protesting in front of the statue of Baba Ambedkar inside the

01:11assembly after the MLAs were actually marshalled out.

01:14Now, in this photograph, we can see B.R. Ambedkar's photo kept at the feet of Atish Ji and that

01:18essentially is what Amit Malviya is highlighting, that stop disrespecting our icons for politics

01:25and it will be seen what kind of response that comes in from the Aam Aadmi Party.

01:29But clearly, this is like, I mean, mudslinging between both the sides, one where Aam Aadmi

01:34Party is claiming that the BJP is anti-Dalit because they removed or repositioned the photograph

01:39of B.R. Ambedkar inside the rooms in the assembly, while the BJP suggests that, look, they are

01:45actually disrespecting B.R. Ambedkar in the name of politics.

01:49Alright, Shreya, thanks very much for those details.

01:52That picture the BJP has put out shows Atish Ji in the protest, placed the Ambedkar photo

01:59near her feet, which the BJP alleges is an insult to the icon.