NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's message of 'Ek hai toh safe hai', but dismissed Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath 's 'Batenge toh katenge' slogan, terming it 'inappropriate' and disconnected with Maharashtra's ideological heritage. "There is nothing wrong with that (PM Modi's slogan), I don't see any issue here. If we stay together, everyone will prosper," Ajit Pawar told news agency PTI.
However, he expressed disapproval about Yogi Adityanath's 'batenge' slogan. "The remark 'Batenge toh katenge' is inappropriate. People's thinking in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh is different, but such statements don't work here.
Using such words holds no significance in Maharashtra, in my opinion," Ajit Pawar said. "Maharashtra is the state of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Shivaji Maharaj. People of Maharashtra are different, and they think differently.
If anyone leaves the ideology of Shahu, Shivaji, Phule and Ambedkar, then Maharashtra will not spare them," the deputy CM added. 'Doesn't like to come to Baramati ': Ajit Pawar on opponent Yugendra Pawar Talking about his nephew and now rival candidate rival candidate Yugendra Pawar, Ajit Pawar claimed that he is not interested in politics, and does not even like to stay in Baramati. Addressing the candidacy of Yugendra Pawar, fielded by Sharad Pawar's NCP against him in Baramati, Ajit mentione.