The politics of India has always been a volatile one, with political parties vying for support and trying every trick within and outside of the conjugal chamber. Of such accusations, there has been quite a ruckus in recent times. Which was made by the Congress party against Amit Shah who is the President of the BJP. Shah said that the Congress is involved in lying and that the party is ‘anti- Ambedkar’. There was a pretty intensive debate on the poles of celebrations of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and political importance of his work.
The Accusations and Responses
Amit Shah’s comments were made against the backdrop of Congress party’s attitude towards one of India’s foremost polymaths – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – Dalit Buddhist leader – the maker of modern India. Shah accused Congress party of wrongly interpreting Ambedkar and wrong policies he made regarding dalits
The Congress party has since justified its stand saying it was passionate about the rights of the Dalits and honored Dr. Ambedkar. On the other hand, BJP leaders keep on provoking the opposition and escalating the existing rivalry between two political parties.
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The Role of Legacy in the Modern Political Process
This is the clear of es literary and historical characters into the politics craze in the current generation. That is why such icons are used in modern politics to demonstrate existing cleavages and tensions in the society.
This becomes a problematic practice when the icons’ integrity and memory itself becomes captured by partisan political politics. Inorder to ascertain the reality it is essential to make a clearcut line between genuine historical recognition accorded to historical personalities and their contribution and political exploitation of the similarly historical personalities. In this case, both have been blamed for factionalisation of Ambedkar’s heritage for political mileage at the detriment of the society back home.
Notes on the Importance of a Constructive Dialogue
The Ambedkar controversy also underlines why a healthy, rationally-informed discussion about representation is necessary in the postmodern political era.
