"Not the success at the election is the victory of the party" ~ Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar

Here I extract the notable quotations of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar from the English Volume 17, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Part - 3, under the topic 110 ( The minority must always be won over, it must never be dictated to ) or you can read the Tamil Volume 37, Page 471 to 482. At the time of Inauguration of Siddharth college, Dr. Babasaheb said, "It is because of my efforts that the rest of minorities like Sikhs, Christians and Muslims have some safe guards. Because, it was only myself who was so very insistent on this demand, the constituent Assembly had no courage to displease me at this stage. I am glad to say that I could serve the minorities in the real sense of the term.
It is likely that you should have been disappointed and I am also not so much happy about it. Even then, we have got to play our role in the future. I would like to tell you about the history of British Labour Party. That party, during last 24 years has developed so much that, today it has its rule. The same party, when it was first organised, practically had no representation in the parliament. What does it show ? It shows that not the success at the election is the victory of the party, but the success of the principles & programme is the victory of the party. And I have no doubt that the SCF will have its rule for the principle its stands for." Then Dr.Babasaheb said about what we must be aware. He cited the three things: * SCF must maintain its political existence under whatever circumstances. * You should have very able leaders. Your leaders must have the courage & caliber to match the topmost leaders in any political party. The party without efficient leaders, comes to nil. The defeat of the British Labour party in 1931 was due to this fact. * In any party, just as the honest leadership which can never be sold is of vital importance, in the same way, devoted workers in the party is the second important thing essential for the growth of the party. After that Dr.Babasaheb mention two main things for the Students and what they will have to do. He talked about the foundation of Politics to budding parliamentarians as, " Hitherto you must have noticed that, while a large majority of our students had been interesting themselves in political movements, they had not a clear realization of what politics means, what resposibilities it involves and what methos to be pursued, in order to bring political activities to fruition. There was, as I observe it, a complete dissociation of what we call academic life from the practical problem of life and politics. You will have to do two things. 1) To enlarpe your minds, your vision, your capacity to think, your ability to solve problems; and 2) To bring that capacity, that vision, that ability to for judgement to bear upon the actual problems, which the vast mass of the people of this country are facing today.". Long Live Ambedkarism....!!!