Maharashtra Assembly polls: Sharad Pawar says BJP coining ‘love jihad’, ‘batenge toh katenge’ as they fear defeat

Pawar said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had coined the ‘love jihad’ word and the crushed for that was that minorities had voted for MVA candidates successful immoderate Lok Sabha constituencies. “In immoderate areas, circumstantial communities unrecorded successful ample numbers. Like successful immoderate areas of Pune, the Hindu assemblage resides successful ample numbers and they ballot for the BJP. We are utilized to it…that the voting takes spot similar this successful these areas but we bash not see it to beryllium thing similar jihad. We don’t springiness it a spiritual colour but see it arsenic their ideology. Thus, the usage of words similar ‘love jihad’ by Fadnavis and his colleagues is an effort to instrumentality elections connected spiritual lines. We are precisely other that,” said Pawar.

Pawar besides took a excavation astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predetermination speeches by recounting the ‘400 Paar’ slogan for the Lok Sabha elections. “I person heard predetermination speeches of a batch of Prime Ministers, including Jawaharlal Nehru. They were each astir what the authorities did and plans to bash for the advancement of the country, dissimilar the slogans of the existent Prime Minister. There was nary request for specified slogans erstwhile the winning numbers required were less. It was their leaders who sought votes to summation their tally truthful that the Constitution could beryllium changed. We conscionable conveyed the volition of the BJP during the Lok Sabha predetermination and were capable to halt that from happening,” Pawar said.

He besides took a jibe astatine nephew Ajit Pawar, who is contesting from Baramati and seeking votes saying helium volition beryllium holding the reins of the constituency aft Sharad Pawar retires. “One tin accidental immoderate 1 wants to; the nationalist should accidental that,” Pawar said, pointing retired that the radical of Baramati voted arsenic per their privation successful the Lok Sabha elections and the results were determination for everyone to see. Sharad Pawar’s girl Supriya Sule had won the Baramati spot by defeating Ajit Pawar’s woman Sunetra.

The Maharashtra Assembly elections volition beryllium held connected November 20 with counting of votes connected November 23.