JNU pledges to imbibe values of Ambedkar

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday

hosted

a

discussion

on the

“socio-economic thoughts of BR Ambedkar”

to mark his

death anniversary

.

Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, chief guest at the event, stressed the importance of education and the need to take forward Ambedkar’s ideas, including removing inequalities within society.

“In many of his speeches, he had stressed the importance of socio-economic equality, and that once that is achieved, political equality would follow,” Meghwal said. “While this is an important idea that subsequent governments should have paid heed to properly, it was only the Modi government that actively took it up,” he claimed.

“The society’s mindset also needs to change rapidly so that one can take forward Ambedkar’s ideas. Socio-economic equality is essential and the country as a whole needs to move towards it,” the minister said.

JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said, “As an educational institute and academicians, we need to imbibe the values and teachings of Babasaheb in working towards building a strong and united India.”

Underlining that academicians play a key role in this, Kumar said, “I am sure scholars will motivate our students to take up many research projects to understand the great ideas of Babasaheb.”