NAGPUR: Former President Ram Nath Kovind, addressing the RSS centenary Vijayadashami celebrations in Nagpur on Thursday, sought to lend power to the organisation’s Dalit outreach through the use of its stage to bathe copious reward on Dr B R Ambedkar and spotlight Sangh Parivar luminaries’ pro-Structure stance.He quoted Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 2001 speech at a ‘Dalit Sangam’ rally at Pink Fort, the place the then PM had declared that governance can be primarily based “not on Manusmriti however on Bhim Smriti — the Structure of India”. Kovid additionally quoted Vajpayee as saying “we’re Bhimwadi, which suggests Ambedkarwadi (Ambedkarite)”, on the similar rally.The RSS is commonly accused of being “Manuwadi” and anti-Structure by Congress and different opposition events.Kovind mentioned each Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Ambedkar had expressed admiration for Sangh’s self-discipline and inclusive strategy. Kovind, famous that Gandhi praised the organisation for its negation of untouchability, and was “deeply impressed by the self-discipline, simplicity and equality he witnessed at an RSS camp”. Ambedkar, too, throughout a 1940 go to to an RSS shakha at Karad city in Maharashtra, conveyed a “sense of belonging” with the organisation, he mentioned.