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Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the RJD over the recent controversy involving alleged disrespect to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's portrait by Lalu Prasad Yadav. He asserted that the people of Bihar would never forgive those who insulted the architect of the Constitution. Addressing the state's sizeable Dalit population, Modi said, "RJD insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar, and Bihar will never forgive them."
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