Bearing the brunt of discrimination in childhood, Baba Saheb Ambedkar had a vision of society with equality where everyone could live with dignity and this feeling inspired him to move continuously working for the betterment of the society and country.
Ambedkar dedicated his life towards protecting self-esteem of Dalits, development and growth of Dalits and sections of the society which have faced exploitation and his message was ‘Become Educated, remain united and continue struggle’ and in the current scenario the message tunes with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’.
He was strong believer of social freedom along with the political freedom.
Villages are the axis of life in the country and development and improvement have to start from villages. On 125the Birth Anniversary, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to make the idea of Ambedkar a reality by launching Gramoday Se Bharat Uday campaign from April 14 to April 24 across the country.
Central government has decided to celebrate Constitution Day on November 26 in the year 2015 as in the year 1949 November 26 was constitution of India was adopted.
At the occasion of stone laying of Baba Saheb Ambedkar memorial PM Modi expressed that we celebrate January 26 with fervor but we should remember that without November 26 there would be no celebrations of January 26.
He was humanist and philosophical in approach throughout his life and had a good knowledge of economical situation which could be observed in his book ‘The Problem of Rupee’ in the year 1923.
He had prepared Hindi Code Bill with hectic efforts, but it was passed with several alterations due to which he resigned from the Government as law Minister. He was not in favour of providing special status to Jammu and Kashmir under article 370. He was member in labour cases in executive council of viceroy and due to his efforts the working hours in factories was reduced from 12-14 hours per day to 8 hours. The Union Government announced Jindal Bhawan on 26, Alipur road in New Delhi, as a memorial for conserving the memories and assets of late AMbedkar.
Inspired by BJP and under the guidance of PM , State government made Mhow in Indore as his memorial where he took his last breath and organize ‘Dalit Kumbh’. The visitors were given status of official guest. Special session of parliament was held to pay gratitude towards Ambedkar in which members of parliament paid tributes to main draftsman of constitution.
(Writer is Union Minister for Rural Development)