NEW DELHI: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday lashed out at Congress asking why Rahul Gandhi ’s party fought against Dalit icon BR Ambedkar when he contested LS elections twice.

Questioning the pro-Dalit credentials of opposition parties, including Congress, he fired off 14 questions seeking reply from Gandhi as he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the quick passage of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendments Bill in Parliament restoring the original provisions.

“I want to ask Rahul Gandhi, he claims himself to be a well wisher of Dalits, but why did his party stand against BR Ambedkar when he contested Lok Sabha elections twice?” he asked.

