Ambedkar rejected any religion that legitimizes existing social inequities.

Evidence

On 14 February 1933, Ambedkar issued a statement on temple entry: … What the Depressed Classes want is a religion that will give them equality of social status … nothing can be more odious and vile than that admitted social evils should be sought to be justified on the ground of religion. The Depressed Classes may not be able to overthrow inequities to which they are subjected. But they have made up their mind not to tolerate a religion that will lend its support to the continuance of these inequities. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 405

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the reader’s existing knowledge of Ambedkar’s caste-annihilation thesis and his critique of religious justification for hierarchy.