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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prakash Ambedkar
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|05|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]] (now [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]), India
| residence = {{•}} 129, [[Rajgruha]], [[Hindu colony]], [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] {{•}} B-17, Patil Heritage Bhosale Nagar, [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]] {{•}} [[Akola]], [[Maharashtra]]
| nickname = Balasaheb Ambedkar
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]] [[Bachelor of Laws]]
| alma_mater = [[St. Stanislaus High School]] [[Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai]]
| office = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member]] of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = {{start date|1999|10|10|df=yes}}
| term_end = {{end date|2004|02|06|df=yes}}
| successor = [[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
| constituency = [[Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)|Akola]]
| office1 =
| term_start1 = {{start date|1998|03|10|df=yes}}
| term_end1 = {{end date|1999|04|26|df=yes}}
| constituency1 = [[Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)|Akola]]
| predecessor1 = [[Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar]]
| office2 = [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member]] of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]
|constituency2= [[Maharashtra]]
| term_start2 = {{start date|1990|09|18|df=yes}}
| term_end2 = {{end date|1996|09|17|df=yes}}
| party = {{ubl|[[Republican Party of India]] (before 1994, 1998 {{endash}} 1999)|[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh]] (1994 {{endash}} 2019)|[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]] (since 2019)}}
| profession = [[Advocate]], [[Politician]], Social worker
| spouse = {{Marriage|Anjali Ambedkar|1993}}
| children = Sujat Ambedkar (son)
| website = {{Facebook | id = PrakashAmbedkar.Official | name= PrakashAmbedkar | link= no }}
| nationality = [[India]]n
| relations = {{ubl|[[B. R. Ambedkar]] (grandfather)|[[Anandraj Ambedkar]] (brother)|[[Anand Teltumbde]] (brother-in-law)|See also '''[[Ambedkar family]]'''}}
| footnotes =
| source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtrapoliticalparties.in/prakash-ambedkar.html|title=Welcome to Maharashtra Political Parties.in|website=www.maharashtrapoliticalparties.in|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref>
| parents = {{ubl|[[Yashwant Ambedkar]]|Meera Ambedkar}}
}}

'''Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar''' ([[IAST]]: Prakāśa Yaśavanta Āmbēḍakar) (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as '''Balasaheb Ambedkar''', is an Indian politician, social activist, writer and lawyer. He is the president of [[political party]] called the [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]. He is a three-time [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] (MP). He is the grandson of [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. He was a member of the [[11th Lok Sabha|12th]] and [[13th Lok Sabha]] Akola constituency of [[India]]. He has served in both houses of the [[Indian Parliament]].

==Personal life==

Prakash Ambedkar is the eldest grandson of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] and [[Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar|Ramabai Ambedkar]]. His father's name is [[Yashwant Ambedkar]] (Bhaiyasaheb) and mother's name is Meera. The [[Ambedkar family]] are followers of [[Navayana|Navayana Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/Vemulas-mom-brother-embrace-Buddhism-on-Ambedkar-Jayanti/articleshow/51832628.cms|title=Vemula's mom, brother embrace Buddhism on Ambedkar Jayanti - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref> He has two younger brothers Bhimrao and [[Anandraj Ambedkar|Anandraj]], and a sister Ramabai who is married to [[Anand Teltumbde]]. Prakash Ambedkar is married to Anjali Maydeo, with whom he has a son.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/home-minister-prof-4574062-NOR.html|title=होम मिनिस्टर प्रा. अंजली मायदेव : महिला आघाडीची जबाबदारी|work=divyamarathi|access-date=2018-10-10|language=mr}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Prakash Ambedkar was born on 10 May 1954 in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]). In 1972 he completed his higher secondary education from [[St. Stanislaus High School]], Mumbai. In 1978, he received [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) from Siddhartha College of Arts, and in 1981 he got [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) in [[Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190329124607/http://todayexpress.in/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5/ ] </ref>

==Political career==

On 4 July 1994, Prakash Ambedkar established the [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh]]. This party was a splintered group amongst other factions of the [[Republican Party of India]] which was constituted on directions of his grandfather after his death. The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha contested established political parties like [[Indian National Congress]], [[Shiv Sena]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the Akola municipal elections, emerging victorious. The success was gained through the new social engineering brought by Prakash Ambedkar which later known as "Akola Pattern". The expansion of the party continued after 1995, that some of the non-Dalit parties and organisations have joined the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lokmat.com/editorial/lok-sabha-election-2019-vanchit-bahujan-aaghadi-new-political-power-maharashtra/ |title=Lok Sabha Election 2019: Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi: New Political Power In Maharashtra | Lok Sabha Election 2019 : वंचित बहुजन आघाडी : नवी राजकीय शक्ती |publisher=Lokmat.Com |date=2019-03-30 |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abpmajha.abplive.in/election/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-says-prakash-ambedkar-643168 |title=भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित आघाडीत विलीन करणार, प्रकाश आंबेडकरांची घोषणा |publisher=Abpmajha.abplive.in |date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>

Ambedkar was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] during 1990 - 1996.<ref name="rajyasabha1">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/a.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - biograp_sketc_1a.htm |access-date=2011-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> He was elected in the [[12th Lok Sabha]] elections from [[Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)|Akola Lok Sabha constituency]] in 1998 as a candidate of the [[Republican Party of India]]. Second time from the same constituency in 1999, he was elected as the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh's candidate for the [[13th Lok Sabha]] elections and he was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] till 2004.<ref>http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MH19.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/winningcandidates/30/13/380 |title=IndiaVotes PC: Winner Candidates of BBM for 1999 |publisher=Indiavotes.com |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtrapoliticalparties.in/prakash-ambedkar.html |title=Welcome to Maharashtra Political Parties.in |publisher=Maharashtrapoliticalparties.in |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>https://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MH19.htm</ref>

Ambedkar followed a policy, on the one hand, of regrouping the Dalits, and on the other of following a moderate line seeking alliance with those opposition parties which sympathised with the Dalit cause. It was with their support that he twice contested elections to the parliament from non-reserved constituencies. Though not successful in getting elected, he polled a sizeable number of votes on both the occasions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Dilemmas of Dalit Movement in Maharashtra-Unity Moves and After|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1990/12/roots-specials/dilemmas-dalit-movement-maharashtra-unity-moves-and-after.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=25|issue=12|pages=7–8}}</ref>

The RPI organised a march from Nashik to Mumbai to press its demands, prominent among which was the transfer of [[Vatandar|vatan lands]] to their Dalit cultivators. (Both before and after the British Raj, certain lands were given to people for services rendered by them to the government or to the community or to both. These lands are also called "watan lands" in local legislation and in Maharashtra many of the watans were abolished between 1950 and 1960.){{citation needed|date=May 2019}} In response, the government appointed a committee with Prakash Ambedkar as a member.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Morkhandikar|first=R. S.|date=1990|title=Dilemmas of Dalit Movement in Maharashtra: Unity Moves and After|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=25|issue=12|pages=586–590|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4396063}}</ref>

The RPI's greatest success was in 1988 when Ambedkar, in alliance with other Dalit organisations, took out a massive demonstration in Mumbai. The occasion was the controversy regarding a move to delete from the official publication of B. R. Ambedkar's writings a portion called ''Riddles of Hinduism''. The deletion move was supported by [[Shiv Sena]] which by this time was emerging as a Hindu political organisation. To bring all Dalit organisations together for this purpose, Prakash Ambedkar formed Ambedkar Vichar Samvardhak Samiti (AVSS).<ref name=":0"/> Under the leadership of Prakash Ambedkar, [[R. S. Gavai]] and others on 5 February 1988, Dalits put on a massive show of strength which brought more than four to five [[lakh]] followers of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] into the heart of Mumbai city from different parts of Maharashtra and also from [[Gujarat]] and other states. Within days of the Dalit demonstration in Mumbai, the 'Riddles' issue was resolved at a meeting on February 10 of representatives of the [[Shiv Sena]], the Maratha Mahasangh and the various groups of the [[Republican Party of India]] and the [[Dalit Panthers]] called by the state chief minister. It was agreed at the meeting that the relevant appendix would be retained intact in the fourth volume of Ambedkar's works; only a line would be added to clarify that the Maharashtra government did not agree or disagree with B. R. Ambedkar's comments on the Hindu gods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jadhav|first=M. H.|date=1988|title=Loyalty to Ambedkar Reaffirmed|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=23|issue=8|pages=348–349|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4378133}}</ref>

Bahujan Mahasangh, a political formation working in close association with the Bharatiya Republican Party led by Prakash Ambedkar, was formed in February 1993. In the summer of that year, its candidate won Kinwat legislative assembly seat in Nanded district, defeating Congress and BJP contestants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gavaskar|first=Mahesh|date=1994|title=Bahujans as Vanguards: BSP and BMS in Maharashtra Politics|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=29|issue=16/17|pages=895–896|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4401084}}</ref> The alliance between Bharatiya Republican Party and Bahujan Mahasangh visualised a joint front of Dalits and OBCs whose cultural identity was essentially non-Brahmin. Bahujan Mahasangh argued that in the Brahminical social order, both Dalits and OBCs find themselves equally oppressed culturally.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Palshikar|first=Suhas|date=1994|title=POLITICS IN MAHARASHTRA: ARRIVAL OF THE 'BAHUJAN' IDIOM|journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science|volume=55|issue=3|pages=271–284|issn=0019-5510|jstor=41855699}}</ref> Bahujan Mahasangh had defined the Bahujan category to include Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Muslims, as well as caste groups such as Shudra (OBCs) and ati-Shudra (Dalits), tribes, women, poor Marathas, and poor Brahmins, thus including all those who are subjugated through caste, class and gender exploitation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guru|first=Gopal|date=1993|title=Emergence of Bahujan Mahasangha in Maharashtra|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=28|issue=46/47|pages=2500–2502|issn=0012-9976|jstor=4400407}}</ref>

In memory of [[Mahar]] soldiers who fought in the [[Battle of Koregaon]], their descendants ([[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhists]]) visit [[Koregaon Bhima]] on 1 January every year to honor them. On 1 January 2018, [[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhists]], as well as some [[Hindu]] dalit, OBC and [[Sikh]] people visited the 'Jay sthambh' (victory pillar) at [[Koregaon Bhima]] in [[Pune district]], [[Maharashtra]].Prakash Ambedkar accused [[Sambhaji Bhide]] and [[Milind Ekbote]] of seducing the invading Hindutva people and demanded the police investigation and strict action against the two. But the Maharashtra government and the state police did not take any action against the culprits. So on 3 January 2018, he called on the people of Maharashtra to call "Maharashtra [[Bandh]]". This call to shut down Maharashtra received a huge response from the people and the [[bandh]] was a success. The bandh was seen across Maharashtra including [[Mumbai]]. According to Ambedkar, more than 50% Maharashtrian people participated in the bandh. Earlier only [[Bal Thackeray]] of Shiv Sena had the power to shut down Mumbai. Subsequently, Prakash Ambedkar's political power increased. He came to the center of Ambedkarite and Bahujan community. The youth group in particular became his supporters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/maharashtra/dalit-groups-bandh-in-maharashtra-called-off-1795363|title=प्रकाश अंबेडकर ने महाराष्ट्र बंद वापस लेने का किया ऐलान, लोकल ट्रेन की सेवाएं फिर से बहाल|website=NDTVIndia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/maharashtra/live-update-mumabi-band-br-ambedkar-grandson-strike-in-maharashtratoday-pune-violence-1795091|title=मुंबई में दिखा दलित समुदाय के बंद का असर, कई बसें तोड़ीं, रेल सेवा की बाधित|website=NDTVIndia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42540567|title=कोरेगांव हिंसा: दलित संगठनों का आज महाराष्ट्र बंद|first=मयूरेश|last=कोन्नुर|date=3 January 2018|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewirehindi.com/30471/bhima-koregaon-violence-maharashtra-bandh/|title=महाराष्ट्र बंद: मुंबई में बसों पर हमला, नागपुर और पुणे में स्थिति तनावपूर्ण|website=thewirehindi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.indiatvnews.com/india/national-prakash-ambedkar-give-ultimatum-to-maharashtra-bjp-government-arrest-sambhaji-bhide-in-eight-days-574885|title=महाराष्ट्र: प्रकाश अंबेडकर ने दिया बीजेपी को अल्टीमेटम- भीमा-कोरेगांव हिंसा के मुख्य आरोपी संभाजी भिड़े को आठ दिन में करें गिरफ्तार|first=Avinash|last=Tripathi|date=27 March 2018|website=India TV Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.sakshi.com/news/2018/01/03/prakash-ambedkar-withdraws-maharashtra-bandh-call|title=‘महाराष्ट्र बंद’ वापस लेने का ऐलान, जानें दिनभर का घटनाक्रम|website=Sakshipost Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/live-updates-bhima-koregaon-violence-mumbai-pune-prakash-ambedkar-dalit-outfits-on-road-railway-protest-1610478/|title=आंबेडकरी संघटनांचा महाराष्ट्र बंद मागे; प्रकाश आंबेडकरांची घोषणा|date=3 January 2018}}</ref>

Prakash Ambedkar founded new political party the ''[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]'' on 20 March 2018 with its ideology primarily emphasizing [[Constitutionalism]], [[Ambedkarism]], [[Secularism]], [[Socialism]] and [[Progressivism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/asaduddin-owaisi-prakash-ambedkar-vba-aimim-maharashtra-elections-2019|title=Asaduddin Owaisi's Dalit outreach and the relevance of Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi|last=Farooquee|first=Neyaz|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lokmat.com/maharashtra/depatriate-bahujan-leaders-turn-maharashtra-change/|title=वंचित बहुजन आघाडीने महाराष्ट्रात बदलाचे वारे!|last=author/lokmat-news-network|date=2018-09-29|website=Lokmat|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi registered as a political party a year later on 15 March 2019, prior to the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 elections]] for [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/150-list-of-political-parties-year-2018-19/|title=List of Political Parties Year 2018-19|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> It is supported by nearly 100 small political parties and social organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/election-2019-maharashtra-voting-live-update|title=Elections 2019 {{!}} The Big Players in Maharashtra|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/lok-sabha-prakash-ambedkar-front-to-contest-all-48-lok-sabha-seats-in-maharashtra-19037696.html|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: महाराष्ट्र में कांग्रेस को झटका, प्रकाश आंबेडकर ने गठबंधन से पल्ला झाड़ा|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> Prakash Ambedkar is the supremo of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/maharashtra/mumbai-bjp-shivsena-will-get-advantage-in-loksabha-election-2019-after-prakash-ambedkar-break-alliance-hope-with-congress-dlpg-1753129.html|title=प्रकाश आंबेडकर के अकेले चुनाव लड़ने से बीजेपी-शिवसेना को होगा फायदा– News18 हिंदी|date=2019-03-12|website=News18 India|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>

On 14 March 2019, Ambedkar has announced the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh will merge with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. He said that, despite the 'Akola pattern' of social engineering through the success of the Bharipa-Bahujan Mahasangh, the word 'Bharipa' (RPI) had limited the expansion of the party. He said that after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharip-Bahujan Mahasangh will merge with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, because the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi is acceptable in a broad sense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/desh-videsh-news/after-lok-sabha-election-2019-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-aghadi-says-prakash-ambedkar-1857578/ |title=after lok sabha election 2019 bharip bahujan mahasangh merge in vanchit bahujan aghadi says prakash ambedkar | भारिप बहुजन महासंघ निवडणुकीनंतर वंचित आघाडीत विलीन होणार: प्रकाश आंबेडकर |publisher=Loksatta |date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abpmajha.abplive.in/election/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-merge-in-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-says-prakash-ambedkar-643168/amp |title=भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित आघाडीत विलीन करणार, प्रकाश आंबेडकरांची घोषणा |publisher=Abpmajha.abplive.in |date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.lokmat.com/akola/bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-big-decision-prakash-ambedkar/ |title=Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh Will Merge With The Vanchit Bahujan Alliance, A Big Decision Of Prakash Ambedkar | भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित बहुजन आघाडीत विलीन करणार, प्रकाश आंबेडकरांचा मोठा निर्णय | Lokmat.Com |publisher=M.lokmat.com |date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/a-big-decision-of-prakash-ambedkar-bharip-bahujan-mahasangh-will-merge-with-vanchit-bahujan-alliance-6034113.html |title=a big decision of Prakash Ambedkar bharip bahujan mahasangh will merge with the vanchit Bahujan alliance | प्रकाश आंबेडकरांचा Big Decision..भारिप बहुजन महासंघ वंचित बहुजन आघाडीत विलीन करणार |publisher=Divyamarathi.bhaskar.com |date= 14 March 2019|access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>

Ambedkar contested and lost from both [[Akola (Lok Sabha constituency)|Akola]] and [[Solapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Solapur]] in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS136.htm?ac=6|title=General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India|website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1342.htm?ac=42|title=General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India|website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Prakash Ambedkar courted controversy by asking his supporters to resort to violence against trolls and those who criticised his statement asking for proof on surgical strikes conducted by [[Indian Air Force]]. Many critics called it militant Dalit politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bharip-chief-tells-his-men-to-thrash-all-who-troll-him/articleshow/68280773.cms|title=Bharip chief tells his men to thrash all who troll him | Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-prakash-ambedkar-appeals-to-party-workers-to-trash-out-trolls-against-him/1474790.</ref>

== Writings ==

*''Ambedkari Chalval Sampli Ahe'' (The Ambedkarite Movement Has Ended)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maharashtradesha.com/prakash-ambedkar-comment-on-congress-nap/|title=वंचितवर पराभवाचे खापर फोडणारे आघाडीचे नेते आंबेडकरांच्या 'या' प्रश्नांची उत्तरं देतील का ?|date=31 October 2019}}</ref>
*''Andheri Nagari Chaupat Raja''
*''Maharashtracha Uddyacha Mukhyamantri Varkari ani Varkarich''
*''Can It Be Stopped!''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Can It Be Stopped!|last=Ambedkar|first=Prakash|date=2014|publisher=Bhashya Prakashan|isbn=9789383206261|edition=1st}}</ref>
*''[[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] Cha Vaicharik Bhrashtachar'' (Ideological Corruption of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Ka Vaicharik Bhrashtachar|last=????????|first=??????|date=2013|publisher=Bhashya Prakashan|isbn=9789383206216|edition=1st|language=hi}}</ref>
*''Aetehasik Ambedkar Bhawanacha Varasa Aapan Japanar Ki Nahi ?'' (The Historic Heritage Of Ambedkar Bhavan Will We Preserve It?)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookganga.com/eBooks/Books?AID=4875722349489549077|title=BookGanga - Creation {{!}} Publication {{!}} Distribution|website=www.bookganga.com|access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref>

==Positions held==
Ambedkar has held following positions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MH19.htm |title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 13th Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in |access-date=2011-03-02}}</ref>

*1990-96: Nominated Member, [[Rajya Sabha]] from 18 September 1990 to 17 September 1996.<ref name="rajyasabha1"/>
*1992-96: Member, Committee on Rules
*1993-96: Member, Committee on Communications
* 1998-99: Elected to 12th [[Lok Sabha]], (1st term) Leader, [[Republican Party of India]] Parliamentary Party
* 1998-99: Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
* 1999–2004: Re-elected to 13th [[Lok Sabha]] (2nd term); Leader, [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh]] Parliamentary Party, [[Lok Sabha]]
* 1999-2000: Member, Committee on Energy
* 2000–2004: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

==See also==
* [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Prakash Ambedkar}}
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MH19.htm Parliament Biography]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/meet-of-political-parties-dalit-leaders-to-mark-75-years-of-poona-pact/363297/ 75 Years of Poona Act]

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