Bhimsmriti is our guide, not Manusmriti, we are Ambedkarite: Kovind recalls Atal

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I was president of the Scheduled Caste Morcha of the BJP at that time and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Prime Minister. Unhone ye bhi kaha tha ki hum Bhimwadi hain arthaat Ambedkarwadi hain (Our government will function on the basis of Bhimsmriti rather than Manusmriti. The Sangh has been a supporter of social unity and reform,” he said. “Two doctors from Nagpur had a great influence on my life – Dr Hedgewar and Dr Ambedkar. I got a lens to understand society and the nation from the ideas of Dr Hedgewar.