‘Batenge to katenge’ to ‘mati, beti, roti’: As Maharashtra, Jharkhand campaigning comes to end, here’s all that made the news this elections

Gandhi, too, reiterated that his enactment volition behaviour a caste census and summation preservation if voted to power. These issues and others specified arsenic a enactment implicit the ‘Batenge To Katenge’ slogan of Yogi Adityanath and the BJP’s transportation for ‘Mati, Beti, Roti’ person been dominating the headlines.

Here’s a look astatine the cardinal talking points successful the 2024 Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections.

Batenge To Katenge/ Ek Hain To Safe Hain

While campaigning successful Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath raised his slogan of “Batenge to Katenge” (divided we fall).

Not conscionable the opposition, this adjacent divided immoderate allies of the ruling Mahayuti (grand alliance) successful Maharashtra and BJP enactment members.

While the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supported Yogi’s statement, others specified arsenic Nationalist Congress Party main and lawman main minister, Ajit Pawar, and BJP leaders Ashok Chavan and Pankaja Munde pushed backmost saying the connection was successful “bad taste”.

Ajit said the connection had nary spot successful a authorities that operated connected the principles of BR Ambedkar.

Amid the blowback, Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the slogan of “Ek Hain To Safe Hain” (if we are united, we are safe), portion campaigning successful the authorities later.

Modi said: “They bash not privation SCs, STs and OBCs to advancement and get their owed recognition. Remember, ‘Ek Hai Toh Safe Hai’.

Ladki Bahin/Maiya Samman Yojana

After a reduced mandate successful the Lok Sabha elections connected the nationalist level, the ruling conjugation successful Maharashtra launched the Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme. Under this, women betwixt the ages of 21 and 60, with an yearly income of little than Rs 2.5 lakh, would get Rs 1500 each month.

Even NCP laminitis Sharad Pawar told The Indian Express that the nonstop currency transportation strategy whitethorn person immoderate interaction successful the Assembly elections adjacent arsenic households were reeling nether the interaction of inflation. The Eknath Shinde-led authorities said it would summation the payout to Rs 2500 if voted backmost to power. The absorption bloc, connected the different hand, promised to treble it to Rs 3,000.

In Jharkhand, too, the JMM authorities led by Hemant Soren has announced the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana wherever eligible women beneficiaries volition person Rs 1000 per month. But economists person raised concerns implicit these initiatives’ apt interaction connected the fiscal wellness of the states.

Mati, beti, roti/Infiltrators

Looking to marque inroads into Jharkhand and triumph backmost the main minister’s seat, the BJP has been attacking the JMM authorities implicit “illegal immigrants”. It has alleged that immigrants from Bangladesh are snatching distant the mati (land/soil), beti (daughter), and roti (food) of the locals.

Marathas vs OBC

Maratha person Manoj Jarange Patil withdrew his candidates from each seats up of the elections but governmental experts consciousness helium inactive holds sizeable sway implicit the assemblage and however it votes.

That volition beryllium keenly watched successful a authorities that has seen aggregate agitations for preservation implicit the past fewer years.

The ruling coalition, and the BJP successful particular, has been wooing the OBC assemblage with the PM speaking of the opposition’s effort to origin a divide.

Dharavi project/Adani

The Congress has been attacking the Narendra Modi-led cardinal authorities of diverting projects from Maharashtra to different states and giving each projects to large industrialists specified arsenic Gautam Adani.

Congress person Rahul Gandhi spoke astir the Dharavi Redevelopment Project going to the Adani radical arsenic an example.

Baramati household contention a conflict of prestige for Ajit

NCP person Ajit Pawar’s woman had mislaid to his relative sister and girl of Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, successful the Lok Sabha elections.

Now, the Baramati spot volition spot different high-profile household contention arsenic Ajit volition instrumentality connected nephew Yugendra, who’s entered the governmental fray for the archetypal time. Sharad Pawar besides campaigned for Yugendra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate.