‘Ek hain toh safe hain’: PM Modi’s message to OBCs, Dalits as he targets Cong over politics of ‘discord’

“If STs (Scheduled Tribes), SCs (Scheduled Castes), and OBCs enactment united, the authorities of Congress volition beryllium over. The Congress has go parasitic and is surviving connected crutches. It tin contention polls lone with the enactment of different parties, it cannot basal connected its ain and hence to survive, it has resorted to its oldest maneuver of dividing SCs, STs, and OBCs by sowing seeds of discord among them to weaken their unity,” Modi said.

“Since Nehru’s time, the Congress and his household opposed preservation and present their 4th procreation ‘Yuvraj (Rahul Gandhi)’ is moving for caste divisions. The Congress fears OBC unity due to the fact that erstwhile OBCs are united, the Congress loses and hence the enactment wants to make animosity and struggle among the castes falling nether the OBC category. Today, with the blessings of the OBCs, an OBC is Prime Minister for the 3rd time, and the Congress cannot judge this. They wonderment however an OBC could emergence to the presumption of Prime Minister. But arsenic I say: ‘Ek hain toh harmless hain,’” the PM said.

The Congress and the BJP are going caput to caput successful 76 of the 288 Assembly constituencies successful the state, with the result successful these seats holding the imaginable of tipping the equilibrium towards whichever broadside comes retired connected top.

Modi said the Opposition enactment was playing a “dangerous crippled of dividing castes and communities”. In the Lok Sabha elections, the Opposition successfully managed to harm the BJP’s electoral prospects by campaigning astir the alleged menace the enactment would airs to preservation if it returned to powerfulness successful the Centre with an adjacent bigger mandate than successful 2019. This is wherefore a large conception of Dalits and OBCs is believed to person swung towards the Opposition successful the parliamentary elections. At present, antithetic communities specified arsenic Marathas, OBCs, and Dhangars (a nomadic assemblage of shepherds asking for ST status) person raised demands related to reservation.

Modi dared Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to publically praise Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar and Shiv Sena laminitis Bal Thackeray. He asked Uddhav Thackeray to marque him bash so, saying Gandhi had “repeatedly insulted Savarkar” contempt being successful confederation with the Shiv Sena (UBT). “How tin helium (Uddhav) align with the Congress, which neither respects Savarkar nor Balasaheb?” the PM asked.

Alleging that the Congress played authorities implicit religion that led to Partition, Modi said the enactment was present indulging successful the authorities of caste. “There tin beryllium nary bigger conspiracy against the state than this,” helium said.

The PM accused the INDIA bloc of Opposition parties, of which the Congress is simply a part, of wanting to instrumentality the Constitution retired of Jammu and Kashmir and said nary powerfulness successful the satellite could reconstruct Article 370. The Congress and its allies should not promote “Pakistan’s agenda” oregon “speak the connection of separatists” and their docket would not win till helium had people’s blessings, Modi said.

“These Congress radical person nary respect for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. They transportation a publication with blank pages wrong and walk it disconnected arsenic the Constitution of India. The Congress created a partition successful the signifier of Article 370 successful Jammu and Kashmir and due to the fact that of that the Constitution of India was not implemented there. But the BJP revoked Article 370 and implemented the Constitution successful J&K and this is my biggest tribute to Dr Ambedkar. The full state was blessed and celebrating erstwhile 370 was removed but the Congress was upset. You indispensable person seen connected TV however a solution was moved successful the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly connected bringing backmost Article 370 and erstwhile BJP MLAs protested, they were thrown out. The state and Maharashtra should recognize this,” said the PM.

Modi besides praised the governance way grounds of the ruling Mahayuti alliance, of which the BJP is simply a part, and raised concerns astir alleged corruption and mediocre fiscal concern successful Congress-ruled states.

“Congress has opened a ‘loot ki dukaan (a store of corruption)’ successful states wherever it is successful power. In these states, the concern has deteriorated to the constituent wherever their treasuries are bare and they conflict to wage salaries. To marque up, the Congress is expanding taxes, utilizing this gross for corrupt purposes and to screen up fiscal mismanagement. Wherever the Congress governs, scams are inevitable,” the PM said.

In comparison, “Mahayuti ahe tar gati ahe, Maharashtra chi pragati ahe (If Mahayuti is there, determination is progress)”, the PM declared successful Nashik. “The MVA enactment roadblocks connected improvement projects and stopped each strategy that could person improved people’s lives. The concern changed when, with your blessings, the Mahayuti authorities was formed,” helium said.

Modi alleged that the MVA would “halt the ‘Majhi Ladki Bahin’ strategy if elected” and lone the Mahayuti would beryllium capable to prolong Maharashtra’s development. “If voted to power, the MVA volition scrap the scheme. Every pistillate should beryllium wary of the MVA,” helium said.

The PM cited the illustration of the Vadhavan larboard successful Palghar territory arsenic a “shining example” of the Eknath Shinde government’s committedness to infrastructure development. After the Mahayuti returns to power, “I volition enactment with Devendra Fadnavis connected his request for an airdrome adjacent the port”, helium added.

“In a double-engine government, the farmers receiving the benefits of the Kisan Samman Nidhi and Namo Shetkari Maha Samman Nidhi nether which fiscal assistance of Rs 12,000 is provided annually … I privation to archer my husbandman friends that erstwhile our authorities is formed again successful Maharashtra, this assistance of Rs 12,000 volition summation to Rs 15,000. Lakhs of families of farmers successful the authorities volition payment hugely from this,” said the PM.