Hyderabad: Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi national president and Dr BR Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar on Friday at the inauguration of the 125-feet-tall statue in the city said that the constitution drafting committee chairman called for Hyderabad to be established as the second capital city of India and urged the Telangana government to pursue it.
Prakash Ambedkar said, “I was reading the debates of the Constituent Assembly and I saw that BR Ambedkar called for the establishment of a second capital city for the country. He said that the country cannot become secure until there is a 2nd capital city”.
Telangana: KCR unveils 125-feet-long statue of Dr BR Ambedkar
“Dr BR Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly said that India needs another capital city and that Hyderabad has to be the second capital of the country,” said Prakash Ambedkar speaking at the inauguration of the tallest statue of Ambedkar in the country here at Hyderabad.
“Babasaheb said that Delhi is at a distance of 300 KMs from Pakistan’s border and at a distance of 500 KMs from China. The proposal of making Hyderabad the second capital city of the nation could not be carried forward. However, the situation in the country is favourable to make this possible currently,” said the grandson of BR Ambedkar.
Prakash Ambedkar said that the Telangana government could ask for Hyderabad to be made the second capital of India as the situation in the country looks favourable in the present times.
Prakash Ambedkar on Friday arrived at the Pragathi Bhavan where he was received by the chief minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekar Rao along with other ministers. He was felicitated by the chief minister. Prakash Ambedkar was invited as the sole chief guest to the inauguration of the 125-foot-tall statue of Dr BR Ambedkar near the new secretariat building also named after the Father of the Indian Constitution.
