Former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director and IRS officer Sameer Wankhede who previously arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in a drug case last year reached Mumbai's Chaityabhoomi to pay homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on Friday.
"Baba saheb gave us the biggest priceless gem 'Constitution of India' and today the constitution is in danger. Institutions are being destroyed one by one. Governments are working to destroy the constitution which was given to us by Dr Ambedkar," he said.
Speaking at an event in Mumbai to mark Ambedkar Jayanti, CM Shinde said, "We are the largest democracy in the world and this has been possible because of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar."
"Tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect of the Constitution of India, great man, Bharat Ratna, on his birth anniversary," Shinde said in a tweet.
"Equality, Liberty, Fraternity and Justice - The universal values Babasaheb Ambedkar championed, will always remain our guiding light and strength! Tributes to the Architect of India's Constitution on his birth anniversary," the Congress leader tweeted.
"BJP is working on the footprints of Dr BR Ambedkar and under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are working for the growth and development of the country," BJP national president JP Nadda said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid tributes to the architect of the Indian Constitution Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, saying "his ideals and thoughts will continue to guide us".
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday extended her greetings on the occasion of the 132nd birth anniversary of Dalit icon and the father of the Constitution, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar.
"Violence broke out between two communities in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Wednesday. Internet services suspended, Section 144 imposed in the district after the violence," District Administration said.