Ambedkar chair at London School of Economics in the pipeline

NAGPUR: Social welfare minister Rajkumar

Badole

on Wednesday assured that a chair in the name of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar would be started soon in

London School of Economics

(

LSE

).

“The LSE authorities have agreed in-principle,” Badole told the legislative council. MLC

Jaidev Gaikwad

had raised the issue of poor condition of Ambedkar’s home in London, which has been converted into a memorial.

“I had visited the house and found that it had not been painted. No repair had been done. Did the PM inaugurate the memorial in such a condition?” he said.