India, Jan. 26 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in his Republic Day speech at Dibrugarh, said that "Nehru kept Ambedkar out of the constituent assembly that drafted the Indian Constitution." He also outlined plans to transform Dibrugarh into Assam's second capital, with projects including a new state assembly building, a Raj Bhawan in Tezpur, a mini secretariat and chief secretary office in Silchar, and express highways linking Guwahati to Dibrugarh and Silchar.

Speaking about Ambedkar's inclusion in the constituent assembly, Sarma said, "Nehru had termed Ambedkar as a troublemaker and tried to keep him out of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Indian Constitution. Nehru had decided on the name of an international expe...