INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Narendra Modi today took the metro from an underground station near his official residence to travel to north Delhi for an event at a
memorial dedicated to BR Ambedkar, the architect of the constitution and a Dalit icon.His destination was 26 Alipur Road, an address in one
of the most crowded parts of the capital
There he dedicated the Ambedkar memorial to the nation, to mark the birth anniversary of the icon on Saturday
Ringed by Special Protection Group commandos, PM Modi boarded the metro from the Lok Kalyan Marg station
with a passenger taking a selfie at a Delhi metro stationHis entry caused a commotion among riders on their way home during rush hour on
Friday.They took turns taking selfies with the Prime Minister, who obliged as many co-passengers as he could.As one man stayed firmly by his
side, trying to take a selfie, the Prime Minister was seen asking him to make way for a woman rider who was standing.No one could linger too
long as the security personnel quickly moved them away.PM Narendra Modi arrived for the opening of a memorial dedicated to BR AmbedkarThe
memorial at Alipur Road is designed to look like the constitution and has been built in two years at a cost of Rs 100 crore.Ambedkar died at
this address, which is spread over nearly two acres."To stand at the same place where Babasaheb breathed his last is an honour for me," PM
