RESPONDING to the countrywide call given by Left parties, tributes were paid to Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his anniversary on 14 April. On this occasion CPIML activists across the state of Bihar pledged to protect the Constitution. They also made the following demands: send cash help as well as food and rations to the poor and needy during the lockdown; strengthen the bonds of social unity without discriminating on the basis of religion, caste, gender, or incapacity; oppose the attack on people’s lives, freedom and democratic rights during the lockdown in the name of fighting the pandemic; curb any sort of expression of untouchability or discrimination.
At the Patna Party office, State Secretary Kunal, Saroj Chaube, Santosh Sahar, Brij Bihari Pandey, Pradeep Jha and others read the pledge to protect the Constitution. Comrade Kunal said that we should take this pledge in the spirit of Ambedkar’s efforts to educate the people against superstition and prejudice. We pledge to serve as volunteers in the relief work for the needy and distressed during this lockdown.
At Chitkohra tributes to Babasaheb were paid by Dhirendra Jha, Shashi Yadav, Murtaza Ali, Abida Khatoon and other leaders. Dhirendra Jha said that the lockdown has been extended but nothing concrete has been done for provision of rations to the poor.
Ambedkar Jayanti was also observed with the pledge to protect the Constitution in the other Districts of Bihar. At Madhubani leaders and activists of CPIML, AIARLA, Kisan Mahasabha and RYA paid tribute to Babasaheb, garlanded his portrait and pledged to protect the Constitution. Similarly, tributes were also paid at Ambedkar Chowk in Sahrsa, Daudnagar, Bhagat Singh Ambedkar Library in Chain Singh Patti, Beguserai, Arwal, Darbhanga, and Jehanabad. Ambdkar Jayanti was also observed with a pledge to protect the Constitution in Bhojpur, Rohtas, Siwan, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Nalanda and other Districts as well as various Blocks in Patna District.
Ambedkar Jayanti Observed in Uttar Pradesh
The 129th Ambedkar Jayanti was observed across Uttar Pradesh By CPIML while observing Corona prevention guidelines and maintaining physical distancing. The demand was made for the release of dalit writer Prof Anand Teltumbde, intellectual and journalist Gautam Navlakha and all other activists arrested in the name of ‘urban Naxals’.
Ambedkar Jayanti was observed at Banaras by distributing relief materials like soap, masks and gloves at the sanitary workers’ Mohalla in Nakhi Ghat. While talking to sanitary workers we learnt that no safety equipment is being provided to them, which is a matter of serious concern and a source of life-threatening danger to them.
Ambedkar Jayanti was also observed at Chandauli, Sakaldiha, Chahaniya, Naugarh, Sitapur, Faizabad, Allahabad and other places.
