Fadnavis raises alarm over ‘vote jihad’, Congress says people rejected communal agenda

Taking superior objections to Fadnavis’s remarks connected ‘vote jihad,’ Dhule MP and Congress person Dr Shobha Bacchav said, “The BJP’s divisive authorities is liable for specified results. The fearfulness and hatred dispersed against minorities resulted successful the assemblage reposing their implicit spot successful Congress-led Mahayuti. The Congress believes successful ‘sarva dharma samabhava…”

The Congress person besides dismissed Fadnavis’s complaint arsenic factually incorrect, arguing, “I person polled sizeable votes successful each six Assembly segments. In Malegaon central, I got a decisive mandate of 1,98,869 votes arsenic compared to BJP campaigner (Subhash Bhamre)’s 4,542.”

“Now, this has been the inclination successful erstwhile polls. If we look astatine the past 2 polls, the BJP campaigner ever polled 4,500 to 5,000 votes successful Malegaon central, which is 80 percent Muslim-dominated portion the remaining 20 percent are Hindus,” she said. The hatred authorities saw minorities distancing from BJP not conscionable successful Dhule constituency, but crossed Maharashtra, she said.

Earlier, Fadnavis stoked contention by citing Dhule Lok Sabha results arsenic a classical lawsuit of ballot jihad.

According to Fadnavis, “In the Dhule constituency, the BJP campaigner led with 1.9 lakh votes successful 5 assembly seats. Unfortunately, our campaigner trailed by 1.94 lakh votes due to the fact that of en wide voting of Muslims successful the Malegaon cardinal Assembly segment, losing the predetermination by conscionable 4,000 votes.”

The Lok Sabha polls successful Dhule saw a consecutive combat betwixt Congress (MVA) campaigner Shobha Bacchav and BJP’s (Mahayuti) two-term sitting BJP MP Dr Subhash Bhamre.

Assembly segment-wise, Bachhav polled 75,923 successful Dhule rural, 68,424 successful Sindhkheda, 72,242 successful Malegaon outer, 78,253 successful Baglan, 78,438 successful Dhule metropolis and 1,98,869 successful Malegaon central.

The Assembly seat-wise votes of losing campaigner Bhamre was 1,39,721 successful Dhule rural, 1,11849 successful Sindhkhed, 1,27,454 successful Malegaon outer, 1,00,166 successful Baglan, 93,262 successful Dhule metropolis and 4,542 successful Malegaon central.

Despite taking leads successful 5 Assembly segments, Bhamre mislaid the polls due to the fact that of monolithic Muslim consolidation translating into immense voting successful Malegaon central.
However, Bacchav said, “While I whitethorn person polled 50,000 much successful Malegaon cardinal compared to past polls, what cannot beryllium overlooked is the information that the ballot stock successful different 5 segments is besides substantial.”

The strategical voting saw Muslims decisively putting each votes down MVA candidates crossed 48 constituencies, says Bacchav.

Fadnavis said, “There are much than 1 lakh complaints received connected ‘love jihad’ conspiracy wherever Hindu women were being lured into matrimony by men utilizing fake identities.”

The location curate said, “Initially we dismissed it arsenic a myth. But determination are credible documents to substantiate the increasing instances of Muslim men trapping Hindu girls into matrimony done fake identity. In galore cases, the pistillate are subjected to sick treatment.”

Fadnavis besides expressed alarm implicit increasing spiritual conversions. “We announcement successful immoderate cases radical person Indian names. But aft they die, they are buried and a transverse is installed. The large menace earlier america is that the fig of definite religions looks smaller connected paper, but successful world much radical person been converted secretly,” helium said. “It’s precocious clip we reconcile to crushed realities and dispersed awareness. We person to support our rights and religion,” helium said.

The Deputy CM’s remarks invited beardown disapproval from Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress.

State Congress main Nana Patole said, “The BJP has a wont of spreading lies. They distort facts and history. Their anti-Muslim and anti-Christian docket is nary secret.”