Delhi assembly elections: AAP supremo Kejriwal announces scholarship for Dalit students amid Ambedkar row
Amid Ambedkar row that engulfed the Parliament sessions and witnessed BJP and opposition INDIA bloc face off, AAP supreme Arvind Kejriwal has announced a scholarship scheme named after Dr BR Ambedkar aimed at Dalit students.
AAP chief Kejriwal said, the announcement comes in response to the Amit Shah's "disrespectful" statement on the father of the Constitution.
Addressing a public event, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said, "I want to ensure that no person from the Dalit community is deprived of higher education, for this, I am announcing the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship. Now any student from the Dalit community who wants to study in top universities across the world, the Delhi government will bear their expenses after the admission of the students...This scholarship will also be applicable to government employees from the Dalit community."
He added that this scholarship is a response to BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who disrespected Dr BR Ambedkar.
"We are giving an answer to BJP and Union Home Minister Amit Shah who disrespected Dr BR Ambedkar by announcing the Dr Ambedkar Scholarship," he said.
Kejriwal accused BJP of mocking the principal architect of the constitution. "No one would have imagined that in independent India, someone would mock Babasaheb Ambedkar in Parliament. In response to Amit Shah's disrespectful statement, I am making this announcement - Dr Ambedkar Samman Scholarship," he said.
- With inputs from agencies