Leaders in Telangana paid tribute to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on his 132nd birth anniversary on Friday. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararjan, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, leaders of the ruling BRS, opposition BJP, Congress and others remembered Ambedkar’s contributions to India’s Constitution and his fight for justice for the impoverished and downtrodden. In a release, Rao praised Ambedkar’s work as the father of the Constitution, while Sanjay Kumar of the BJP criticized the Chief Minister for only now unveiling a giant statue of Ambedkar in Hyderabad and issuing advertisements in newspapers. Kumar demanded an answer from the CM for not implementing his promises, including making a Dalit leader Chief Minister in Telangana and distribution of three acres of land to Dalits. The BJP leader also demanded that the BRS government release a white paper on the implementation of its ‘Dalit Bandhu’ scheme. State Congress president and Lok Sabha member A Revanth Reddy garlanded a statue of Ambedkar at Shamirpet.
