Hyderabad, April 12 -- Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday hit out at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, alleging that they have no genuine respect for BR Ambedkar or the Constitution.

He also asserted that Ambedkar was honoured with the Bharat Ratna during a non-Congress government, while accusing the Congress of historically insulting him.

Speaking to ANI, Rao said, "Mr Rahul Gandhi has said that some people in the country are not respecting Ambedkar's ideology and thinking. And some people are violating the Constitution. Rahul Gandhi should remember that it was the Congress Party that insulted Mr Ambedkar... The Congress Party never respected Ambedkar, nor did Congress leaders."

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