Parties seeking votes in Ambedkar`s name tried to erase his contribution: PM Modi
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said parties seeking votes in BR Ambedkar`s name tried to erase his contribution in nation building and did little to build the Ambedkar International Centre conceived 23 years ago. PM Modi, who inaugurated the centre in the heart of the national capital in Janpath, also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi`s comment on being a Shiva devotee and said some parties talked more of Baba Bhole (Lord Shiva) than Babasaheb. Such was the incredible strength of Ambedkar that his philosophy and contribution in nation building could not be erased despite the efforts of some people, the Prime Minister said in his address. `Such was...