NEW DELHI: As opposition continued to target the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's slogan ' Batenge toh katenge ' (will be slaughtered, if divided), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave a new pitch in Maharashtra -- ' Ek hai toh safe hai ' (We are safe, only if united). Accusing the Congress of pitting one caste against another, PM Modi in an election rally in Dhule asked people to stay united, saying " Ek hai, toh safe hai .” “The sole agenda of the Congress party is to make one caste fight against another.
They do not want SCs, STs and OBCs to progress and get their due recognition ...
Remember, ‘ Ek hai toh safe hai '," he said. PM' new slogan comes amid row over Yogi Adityanath's ' Batenge toh katenge ' pitch. The expression was first used by the UP CM at a rally in Agra in the backdrop of Hindu minorities being subjected to violence in Bangladesh.
Later, PM Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat also made similar pitches for Hindu unity later. During his annual Vijaya Dashami speech this year, Bhagwat said that "being unorganised and weak is like inviting atrocities by the wicked". Yogi Adityanath had also repeated the slogan during an election rally in Maharashtra while campaigning for ruling-Mahayuti.
In his first campaign rally in Maharashtra for the upcoming November 20 assembly elections, PM Modi opened an all-front attack on Congress and stated that since Nehru's era, the party and his family has opposed reserva.