The Congress in Madhya Pradesh said on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) that it was going to launch a three-day campaign for the installation of a statue of B.R. Ambedkar in the premises of the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, with party leaders alleging that “hurdles” were being created by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
The announcement was made at a joint press conference held in Bhopal by senior State Congress leaders, who alleged that a campaign was being run by the BJP and RSS in Gwalior to portray B. N. Rau, advisor to the Constituent Assembly, as the main architect of the Constitution.
“In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP and RSS are conspiring to insult Babasaheb [Ambedkar]. In Gwalior, through posters, it is being propagated that Babasaheb was not the creator of the Constitution. Congress will run a massive public awareness campaign in honour of Babasaheb and the Constitution,” Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari said, showing a poster featuring pictures of Rau with the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, issued by a local outfit in Gwalior.
The three-day campaign, from June 23 to 25, will see a door-to-door public outreach, a community discussion on the Constitution over a meal in localities with marginalised communities, and a day-long fast and sit-in in Gwalior by senior Congress leaders.
