The Congress on Friday launched "Quest for Equity" website on the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar on his 126th birth anniversary.

The website contains pictures of his achievements and a copy of the original Constitution of India. 

Chairman of the Scheduled Castes Department of the All India Congress Committee K. Raju said the website www.questforequity.org contains over 300 archival pictures of Ambedkar, 97 scans of his correspondence and the full transcripts of the Constituent Assembly debates. 

In addition, he said the website hosts the most comprehensive and longitudinal data set, broadly categorised into access to public services, discrimination, economic data, education, employment in public and private sectors, health and household data on the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities. 

"The website also contains over 200 papers and reports of diverse scholars and organisations working on issues of inequality, discrimination and poverty. It therefore aims to be the definitive platform for data, research and legislation on issues related to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and eventually minority communities," Raju said.

Quest for Equity hopes to take Babasaheb Ambedkar's spirit forward by encouraging critical analyses of contemporary socio-economic and political issues, so as to deepen India's social justice paradigm, he said. 

"In trying to understand how to make the promise of this nation further accessible to all, it is therefore imperative that we continuously study why and how marginalised groups are discriminated against or excluded," Raju said. 

"It is only then that scholars, activists and policy makers can re-order India's social justice paradigm to uplift and empower. It is hoped that Quest for Equity will prove to be a vital resource in furthering this objective," he added.

Furthermore, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion.

"Babasaheb was indeed one of the greatest icons of modern India and his contribution to the making of India, as a nation shall always remain undisputed," Sonia said in an official statement.

She said that Ambedkar's life is a guiding light to all Indians who want to live together, united and under the shade of the constitutional laws and ethos.

"The Indian Constitution is a living affirmation of the inclusive cohesiveness and guarantee for equality that Babasaheb envisaged", she said.

She paid tributes to "one of the greatest sons of India and champion of social equality and democracy", and said that the path of social democracy shown by Babasaheb Ambedkar shall forever remain relevant.

Rahul Gandhi also extended his greetings on the occasion, and tweeted "Babasaheb's life and his work embody the struggle for the conscience of a nation."

"May we never cease to strive for the ideals Babasaheb dedicated his life to…," he said in another tweet.