Kejriwal’s Dalit pitch in Punjab: Remember Ambedkar while voting

TIL Desk/National/Chandigarh/ In an apparent bid to reach out to Dalit voters, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged people to remember Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar while voting in next month’s assembly polls and said he “worships” the leader.

Addressing a public meeting in Phillaur, he urged the people to choose an honest government while accusing both the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress of looting the state turn-by-turn in the past.

Phillaur is part of the Doaba region, having a sizeable population of the Scheduled Caste community. Kejriwal also promised to fulfil the Dalit icon’s dream of providing quality education to children if his party is voted to power in the February 20 Punjab assembly polls.

“I am a big fan, a big follower of Babasaheb B R Ambedkar. I worship him. Coming generations will not believe that such a great person was born on this planet,” he said, adding that he has recently announced that Bhimrao Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh’s portraits be kept in all Delhi government offices.