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[ZESTCaste] Rahul versus Maya on Ambedkar Jayanti

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Rahul versus Maya on Ambedkar Jayanti

Umesh Raghuvanshi, Hindustan Times
Email Author
Lucknow, April 13, 2010
First Published: 23:56 IST(13/4/2010)
Last Updated: 10:20 IST(14/4/2010)

Congress general-secretary Rahul Gandhi is set to flag off a rally in
Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to mark his party's 125th anniversary,
locking horns with the state's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on its
own turf.

The BSP is also scheduled to hold a rally in the city on the same day,
the 119th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, who the BSP looks up to as
an inspirational Dalit figure.

Rahul's Chetna Yatra — a series of 10 rallies that will cover all 403
assembly constituencies of the state — will be flagged off in Ambedkar
Nagar district, 200 km from Lucknow.

The district has a sizeable population of Dalits, the BSP's main
support base, and has been represented by Chief Minister and BSP chief
Mayawati thrice in the Lok Sabha.

On Tuesday, the Congress moved an application before the district
administration seeking permission to garland an imposing Ambedkar
statue before flagging of the rallies.

"The local BSP unit has virtually taken custody of the Ambedkar
statue. BSP flags can be seen all around the statue. We have not heard
anything on the issue from the district administration," Rita Bahuguna
Joshi, president of the UPCC, told HT.

District authorities are yet to take a decision. "We received the
application from the Congress at 2.30 pm today (Tuesday). We have
sought a report from the police and a decision will be taken on the
issue thereafter," said district magistrate Kunwar Vikram Singh.

Congress leaders said the rallies had nothing to do with vote bank
politics and alleged the BSP was conniving to derail their plans. "The
district administration is acting at the behest of the BSP ministers
who are camping in Ambedkar Nagar. We are getting calls from Congress
workers in many districts about the denial or cancellation of bus
permits," said Joshi.

The BSP seemed concerned about the impact the rallies might have in
its stronghold. It has organised demonstrations on Wednesday against
the Congress-led central government.

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[ZESTCaste] Mayawati paints Lucknow blue for Ambedkar anniversary

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14/04/2010
Mayawati paints Lucknow blue for Ambedkar anniversary

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has virtually got the
city painted blue on the eve of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's birth
anniversary.

Various memorials and monuments erected by Mayawati in different parts
of the state capital were draped in blue lights, while a net of tiny
blue lights was hung over every roundabout here.

Thousands of hoardings, posters, banners and buntings embossed with
pictures of the BSP supremo flanked all major thoroughfares of
Lucknow, which wore a festive look.

This was the second event within a month's span that Lucknow was
soaked in blue - the ruling BSP's colour - that had transformed the
city skyline. It was on March 15 - BSP founder and Mayawati's
political mentor Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary - when similar
adornment was witnessed here.

Besides her own pictures, Mayawati also made it a point to display
portraits of her party's ideologues and icons - Ambedkar, Narain Guru,
Shahuji Maharaj and Ramaswamy Periyar, besides of course Kanshi Ram -
all along the 18-km thoroughfare from the Lucknow airport to the
Ambedkar Memorial.

Other monuments, including Buddha Sthal, Kanshi Ram Memorial, Ramabai
Ambedkar Maidan, Kanshi Ram Eco Park, Prerna Bhawan etc., built by the
Uttar Pradesh chief minister at a cost of Rs.6,000 crore were also
decked up in blue. And so was the chief minister's official residence
as well as all key government buildings.

Hordes of BSP volunteers were expected to visit the state capital to
offer their tributes at the Ambedkar memorial, that was spruced up for
Wednesday's show.

Source: IANS

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[ZESTCaste] Leaders pay tributes to Ambedkar

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Leaders pay tributes to Ambedkar

STAFF WRITER 13:11 HRS IST
New Delhi, April 14 (PTI) Leaders cutting across party lines today
paid floral tributes to B R Ambedkar on the occasion of his 119th
birth anniversary.

Among those who paid tributes to the departed leader in Central Hall
of Parliament House included Speaker Meira Kumar, Leader of Lok Sabha
Pranab Mukherjee, Leader of Opposition in the Lower House Sushma
Swaraj, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha K Rahman Khan and Leader of
Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley.

Several union ministers also offered their tributes to the Dalit icon.

A booklet containing the profile of the departed leader, brought out
by the Lok Sabha Secretariat in Hindi and English, was also presented
to the dignitaries on the occasion.

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[ZESTCaste] Nation pays homage to Ambedkar on his 119th birth anniversary

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Nation pays homage to Ambedkar on his 119th birth anniversary
Posted on April 14th, 2010 in Latest India News

New Delhi, Apr 14 (ANI): The nation on Wednesday paid rich tribute to
Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, architect of India constitution, on his 119th
birth anniversary.

President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Congress
President Sonia Gandhi were present at a function held here.

Several functions are being organised in different parts of the
country to mark the occasion.

Dr. Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, scholar, Bahujan political leader
and a Buddhist revivalist.

He spent his life fighting untouchability and the Indian caste system.

He is also credited for having sparked off the Dalit Buddhist movement
and was honoured with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to Indian
society.

Overcoming numerous social and financial obstacles, Ambedkar became
one of the first "untouchables" to obtain a college education in
India.

He went on to pursue higher studies in the United States and England,
where he earned law degrees and multiple doctorates for his study and
research in law, economics and political science.

Returning home as a famous scholar, Ambedkar practiced law for a few
years before he began publishing journals that advocated political
rights and social freedom for India''s untouchables.

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[ZESTCaste] Rahul to pay tribute to Ambedkar pic not statue in Mayawati land

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Rahul to pay tribute to Ambedkar pic not statue in Mayawati land
Bombay News.Net
Wednesday 14th April, 2010 (IANS)

Denied permission to garland a statue of B.R. Ambedkar in this town
named after him, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has opted to
offer floral tributes to a picture of the architect of the
constitution on his birth anniversary here Wednesday.

Local Congress workers have hastily mobilised a large portrait of
Ambedkar, which has been placed prominently at the venue of a party
rally to be addressed by Gandhi on the occasion that also coincides
with the leader flagging off 'yatras' on the Congress' 125 years.

The Congress and Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have
been at loggerheads ever since Gandhi declared his plans to kick off
the Congress' 125th anniversary campaign in Ambedkarnagar, widely
known as BSP supremo and chief minister Mayawati's bastion.

'As Rahul-ji was coming all the way to Ambedkarnagar on an occasion
like Babasaheb's birth anniversary, it was natural for him to garland
his statue here, but the administration has created so many hurdles
that Rahul Gandhi would now garland Babasaheb's portrait,' said
spokesperson of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Subodh Srivastava.

Officials in the administration deny allegations that they hastily got
down to finding ways and means to prevent Gandhi from garlanding
Ambedkar's statue in the town.

'No permission was sought by the Congress party for garlanding the
Ambedkar statue so where is the question of denial of permission,'
said an official.

Srivastava retorted: 'Well, I do not think we need to take the
government's permission to garland the statue of a revered national
leader - that too on his birth anniversary.'

As the war of words continued, the administration placed a heavy
security ring around the statue, preventing anyone from venturing into
the cordoned off area.

'The security is there only to prevent any untoward incident and in
the larger interest of law and order,' Ambedkarnagar District
Magistrate Vikram Singh told IANS.

Tensions between the Congress and the BSP, which reveres Ambedkar as
an icon, have been continuing for a while.

The administration had earlier refused Gandhi access to a particular
ground for his rally, compelling him to settle for another venue in
the neighbourhood. That ground was formally 'reserved' for a similar
show by the BSP.