DR. AMBEDKAR WAS A GREAT PERSONALITY – PRIME
MINISTER
LAND
ACQUIRED FOR DR. AMBEDKAR NATIONAL MEMORIAL AT DELHI
The Prime Minister,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was
a great personality and the more one reads about him the more
one realizes his greatness. The Prime Minister said that Dr. Ambedkar
took up the task of social change at a very difficult time and
showed us a new path.
The Prime Minister
was speaking to a delegation of representatives of Dr. Ambedkar
Foundation and various other Dalit Associations, here today. The
delegation had come to his residence to felicitate the Prime Minister
on successful acquisition of the 26, Alipur Road property at Delhi
for setting up a national memorial in the honour of Dr. Ambedkar.
Shri Vajpayee
said that it is a matter of joy and happiness that the decade-old
effort had finally reached its logical conclusion. As Dr. Ambedkar
had lived and breathed his last at this place, it is natural that
a memorial should be set up at this place, the Prime Minister
said. Shri Vajpayee said that though it has taken a long time,
in democracy things, at times, move at a slow pace, but move in
the right direction. The Prime Minister said that now a memorial
could be set up, but it should be a grand one. However, he also
felt that some sort of rethinking on memorials was needed in our
country. The memorials may be few in numbers, but each memorial
should be a grand one. There is no dearth of money, what is required
is dedication and hard work, the Prime Minister added.
Shri Satyanarayan
Jatia, Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri
Sohan Pal Sumanakshar, noted Dalit writer and various other dignitaries
were among those present on the occasion.
