India, Aug. 16 -- The Congress on Sunday hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah after he demanded the opposition party's apology for allegedly insulting "Vande Mataram", saying he is doing this to divert attention away from "the colossal failures of his and his Sahib's".

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh slammed Shah as someone who insulted B R Ambedkar on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on December 17, 2024, and who belongs to an ideology that did not see fit to unfurl the tricolour at its organisation's headquarters till January 2002.

"A man who insulted Dr Ambedkar on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on Dec 17, 2024. A man who belongs to an ideology that did not see fit to unfurl the tiranga at its headquarters till Jan 2002. A man who ...