It is difficult to view his statement as anything beyond a safety valve to let out the growing pressure of Dalit disenchantment with the Hindutva project.
Both BJP and AAP have played their competing Hindu cards for voters in Gujarat at the cost of the spirit of brotherhood and a caste-free society which Dr Ambedkar had hoped for through his embrace of Buddhism
If the observations made by Prime Minister Modi in his address and the wording used by him as reported by news agencies are true, they are puzzling as they exactly fit on his own party leaders and one wonders if the Prime Minister has indeed realised their mistakes and has given a call to fight against them?