Demand to build national memorial at Ambedkar's Parinirvan bhoomi

NEW DELHI: On 6 December, the death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, a national Samman rally was held at 26, Alipur Road– the place where he had passed away. His followers, Bhim Sainiks and workers reached here in large numbers to join the rally and raise the demand for the construction of a memorial at Parinirvan bhoomi. On this occasion, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatia, Charan Singh Atwal, Ramdas Athavale, H.Hanumanthappa, Satya Behen, Udit Raj, TM Kumar and Indresh Gajbhiye urged the UPA government to build a memorial at the place. They alsodemanded to know what had become of the Rs 100 crore allocated by the NDA government in 2003 for the construction of the nationalmemorial. The work is
yet to begin.
            -Sohan Singh
                                                    (Published in  Forward Press, January, 2014 Issue)

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