Karnataka govt organises three-day international conference to mark 126th birth anniversary of Ambedkar

A three-day international conference organised by Karnataka government to mark 126th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar began in Bengaluru on Friday

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A three-day international conference organised by Karnataka government to mark 126th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar began in Bengaluru on Friday. PTI

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The conference, which had a theme 'Quest for Equity', was attended by dignitaries such as Martin Luther King III, Kailash Satyarthi, Prakash Ambedkar, and Rahul Gandhi among others. PTI

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Child rights activist and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, while speaking at the conference, made an impassioned plea to outlaw the caste system. PTI

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Rahul Gandhi alleged that union government was trying to distort the Constitution, which was drafted by BR Ambedkar, and implement the RSS agenda. PTI

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Rahul Gandhi asked people to follow Dr Ambedkar’s call to educate, agitate and organise. PTI

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Martin Luther King III said that Dr BR Ambedkar and American civil rights rights activist Martin Luther King Jr were “brother revolutionaries” cut from the same cloth. PTI