New Delhi: The Centre today assured that it would speak to Maharashtra government to get the demolished Ambedkar Bhavan at Dadar in Mumbai restored as a memorial. The assurance came after opposition parties in Rajya Sabha vociferously demanded rebuilding of the heritage building that was brought down last month.

"It is a serious issue. We will talk to the state government and attempt to get it restored as memorial," Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot said. "We have taken cognizance of the demolition." Had the building not been demolished, it would have been better, he said after Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M) raised the issue through a zero hour mention.