Senior NDA leaders, including union minister and HAM patron Jitan Ram Manjhi and Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, have accused him of insulting Ambedkar.Whether NDA will be able to make further inroads into the Dalit vote bank in the upcoming assembly election by hammering the issue is yet to be seen. But the issue has definitely landed RJD in a piquant situation.In support of his father, RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, son of Lalu Prasad, asserted that the RJD chief holds Ambedkar in high regard.Talking to the media on Saturday, Tejashwi said, “Lalu Yadav has installed many statues of Baba Saheb Ambedkar in Bihar. We believe in Ambedkar’s ideology. Lalu Yadav works for 10 hours at the age of 78 and meets people. These (BJP) people have nothing to do with Baba Saheb, the Constitution and reservation.” Senior JD(U) leader Ashok Choudhary said, “Not respecting Ambedkar’s picture is bound to hurt the people’s sentiments.”
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