KOLHAPUR: Prakash Ambedkar, president of the Bharatiya Republican Paksh-Bahujan Mahasangh (BRP-BMS) and grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar gave, an ultimatum to the Congress to decide on their demand for making a draft promising that the RSS will be forced to work inside the constitutional framework, to join hands in the Lok Sabha elections.

At a rally here on Tuesday at Shivaji Stadium Ambedkar said there will not be any compromise in their demand regarding RSS. "If you (Congress) give us the framework before our next rally, we will think of the remaining seats which are yet to be announced for the elections."

Ambedkar had announced candidates for the Satara, Madha,

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and Pune constituencies.

He further said that they have not asked Congress to give up their seats in order to make the alliance. "We want 12 seats where Congress candidates have lost three or more times or there is no candidate altogether. We asked them to tell us about the seats; however, there has been no communication from them."

Ambedkar said if the Congress joined hands with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, they can get more seats than they imagined.

Taking a dig at both the national parties, he said that it is going to be a 'chor versus chowkidar' election.

On the Rafale deal controversy, Ambedkar said it was not about money, it was about the spare parts.

"Modi has done the agreement for buying 36 Rafales, but has he not done the same about spare parts. The jets will be junk without spare parts. Whenever items related to the war are bought the sovereign guarantee should be there from the country of origin," he said, adding that there has not been any such sovereign guarantee from

France

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Ambedkar said the government does not pay any attention to the skills of the underprivileged. If they come in power in the state, there will not be any guarantee required while applying for loans, he added.

Asaddudin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, was not present in the rally, while its representative Shahid Shaikh addressed the gathering.