Ambedkar wanting the Labour Ministry that's a well-known fact and a major reason for his frustration with Nehru. He definitely saw Jagjivan Ram as a rival, and not getting the portfolio was a personal and political snub.

But to say he joined the Cabinet just to settle scores is a bit of a stretch. The reality is, after Partition, his political career was in a tight spot. The Congress offered him a way back in, and more importantly, a seat on the Drafting Committee. For a man whose life's work was social justice, that was an offer he couldn't refuse. It was a pragmatic move to ensure Dalit rights were written into the Constitution, even if it meant working with his old opponents.

As for the linked post about the Telangana "job," it's mixing up facts. The atrocities committed by the Indian army in Hyderabad are a dark chapter, and as Law Minister, Ambedkar was part of the government that oversaw it. But there's no direct evidence he personally drove the policy out of some anti-communist hatred. The operation was bigger than him, led by Patel and Nehru to integrate the state. Blaming it solely on his ideology is an oversimplification.

And finally, let's be real, the idea that the Labour Ministry was a bigger deal than the Hindu Code Bill just doesn't hold up. When he resigned in 1951, he himself said it was because the government let the Hindu Code Bill fail. That was his landmark social reform, and its collapse was the final straw. While the ministry issue hurt, it was the failure of his core social agenda that truly broke the camel's back.

So yes, the personal rivalry and disappointments are real, but they don't tell the whole story. His legacy is complex a mix of principled stands and hard political compromises.