Modi said Maharashtra had punished the Congress, which had “destroyed” existent secularism and societal justice.
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi connected Saturday hailed the Maharashtra verdict arsenic an endorsement of his “ek hai toh harmless hai” (together, we are safe) telephone for unity, and a decision of “those who sought to disagreement connected caste, religion, connection and region” lines.
Addressing enactment workers astatine the BJP bureau successful the evening, helium said: “After Haryana, the connection of Maharashtra is besides unity. ‘Ek hai toh harmless hai’ has go the large mantra of India. The Congress and its ecosystem thought that by lying astir the Constitution and reservation, they would disagreement the SCs, STs and OBCs. Maharashtra defeated this agenda… Maharashtra has said successful 1 dependable that ‘ek hai toh harmless hai’. Those who sought to disagreement connected caste, religion, connection and portion person been punished.”
Saying that the Maharashtra verdict was a ballot for stableness and development, helium said the Opposition INDIA bloc did not recognize that the people’s thought process had changed. “They don’t privation to judge the information and they underestimate the quality of voters. The voters don’t privation instability, they privation nation-first… they don’t similar those who imagination of kursi-first,” helium said.
In a station connected X earlier successful the day, Modi said: “Development wins! Good governance wins! United we volition soar adjacent higher!”
In his speech, the PM said Maharashtra’s voters sent the connection that lone 1 Constitution — “the Constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar” — tin beryllium successful the country. “Whoever wants 2 Constitutions successful India volition beryllium rejected. The Congress and its friends tried to re-erect the partition of Article 370 successful Jammu and Kashmir. Maharashtra told them this won’t work. No powerfulness successful the satellite tin present bring 370 back,” helium said.
Modi said Maharashtra had punished the Congress, which had “destroyed” existent secularism and societal justice. “The Congress has destroyed societal justice. There was a clip erstwhile its leaders, including Indiraji, spoke against casteism. But today, the Congress household is spreading the poison of casteism successful their hunger for power. One household is truthful bare for powerfulness that it has consumed the party. There are inactive old-style Congressmen who are searching for the aged Congress. But they tin spot this isn’t the aged Congress. That is wherefore determination is dissatisfaction wrong the Congress,” helium said.
Accusing the Congress of damaging the secular tone of the Constitution, helium said: “The Congress household destroyed it successful the sanction of a mendacious secularism that was really appeasement. This is the family’s betrayal of the Constitution. The Congress made laws for appeasement.”
Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament which begins from Monday, the PM cited the illustration of the Waqf board, which triggered a statement successful Parliament recently. “Such was the concern that successful 2014… these radical gave galore properties astir Delhi to the Waqf board. There is nary spot for the Waqf instrumentality successful our Constitution. Yet, the Congress created the Waqf committee to summation its ballot bank. The Congress served the decease condemnation connected existent secularism,” helium said.
Saying that the Congress remained successful the grip of 1 family, Modi asked whether the household thought each different partymen were incapable. “Such is the concern that nary dedicated Congress idiosyncratic tin enactment there. The precedence of the enactment is conscionable the family, not the country. The Congress household can’t unrecorded without power. They tin bash thing for power. They maltreatment the northbound successful the southbound and vice versa, and maltreatment the state abroad. And they are truthful arrogant that they don’t respect anyone. They prevarication each day,” helium said.
Modi said the “urban naxalism” of the Congress was a threat, arsenic their “remote power is abroad”, and asked radical to recognize it and beryllium careful.
Noting that Maharashtra is an important maturation motor for India, Modi said the mandate would go a instauration for Viksit Bharat. He said the victories registered successful cities similar Mumbai showed that municipality areas privation world-class infrastructure and lone spot the NDA to present it. The PM besides praised Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for the victory.
Calling the Congress duplicitous, Modi said that portion 1 faction of the Shiv Sena had joined hands with it for powerfulness — referring to Uddhav Thackeray — the Congress had not praised Balasaheb Thackeray adjacent once. He said the enactment besides regularly abused Veer Savarkar successful the past.
Modi besides invoked Shivaji, Sambhaji, Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phule, Ambedkar and V D Savarakar, adding that the BJP believes successful some vikas (development) and virasat (heritage). He underlined that his authorities had fixed Marathi the presumption of a classical language, adding that the Congress ne'er did truthful erstwhile successful power.
Modi besides thanked the voters of Jharkhand — wherever the BJP mislaid the elections. “I besides bow earlier the voters of Jharkhand. We volition enactment hard for the improvement of Jharkhand,” helium said.
He said his authorities would enactment hard to marque India the 3rd largest system of the satellite soon.
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