Dhule, Nov 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Congress-led INDIA bloc of wanting to take the Constitution out of Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that no power in the world can restore Article 370 there<\/p>\n
He also accused the Congress of pitting one caste against another and cautioned people to stay united. \u201cEk hai, toh safe hai,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Addressing his first rally in Maharashtra for the November 20 assembly elections, Modi said the INDIA grouping is flaunting blank books passing them off as the Constitution to provoke Dalits and Adivasis.<\/p>\n
The PM said the Congress and its allies should not encourage the \u201cPakistan agenda\u201d and speak the language of separatists. The agenda won\u2019t succeed till he has people\u2019s blessings, said Modi.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly Ambedkar\u2019s constitution will be followed in J&K .You must have seen on TV how a resolution was moved in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on bringing back Article 370 and when BJP MLAs protested, they were thrown out. The country and Maharashtra should understand this,\u201d Modi said.<\/p>\n
The BJP\u2019s star campaigner also accused the Congress of playing a dangerous game of dividing castes and communities. If ST (Scheduled Tribes), SC (Scheduled Castes) and OBCs (Other Backward Classes) stay united, the Congress politics will be over, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Congress wants to pit one caste against another and weaken the unity of SC, ST and OBCs. Since Nehru\u2019s time Congress and his family opposed reservation and now their fourth generation \u2018yuvraj\u2019 (prince) is working for caste divisions. You must realise that \u2018ek hai toh safe hai\u2019 (we will be safe if we are united),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Modi alleged, the Congress played politics over religion which led to India\u2019s partition and now the party is indulging in the politics of caste. There can be no bigger conspiracy against the country than this, he said at the rally in the north Maharashtra district.<\/p>\n
Modi quipped that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), as a vehicle that has neither wheels nor brakes and there is a fight there to sit in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n
Recalling his affinity with Dhule and Maharashtra, Modi said whenever he has asked something from the people of the state, they have been gracious.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sought your blessings in 2014 to end the 15 years of misrule of the previous government. You graciously ensured that BJP got unprecedented success. Today, I am starting my campaign in Maharashtra from Dhule. Each and every candidate of Mahayuti seeks your blessings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assure you that the pace at which Maharashtra\u2019s development has gained in the last two-and-a-half years will not be allowed to stop,\u201d said the PM.<\/p>\n
In the coming five years, Modi said, Maharashtra\u2019s progress and development will be taken to new heights. \u201cOnly Mahayuti can provide good governance. The Maha Vikas Aghadi is a vehicle that has no wheels, no brakes and there is a fight to sit in the driver\u2019s seat. One can hear different kinds of horns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
MVA has no intention to work for the development of people and the state and the goal of its leaders is to loot the public, he said. MVA was formed out of deceit and the state has seen the work that they have done. MVA was in power for two years before Eknath Shinde\u2019s rebellion in Shiv Sena sunk it and split the Bal Thackeray-founded party in June 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MVA put roadblocks on development projects and stopped every scheme which could have improved people\u2019s lives. The situation changed when, with your blessings, the Mahayuti government was formed and new heights of development were seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Maharashtra\u2019s lost pride and belief in development was back on the path, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople should remember that Mahayuti aahe tar gati aahe\u2026 Maharashtra chi pragati aahe (if Mahayuti is there, Maharashtra\u2019s progress and development is assured).<\/p>\n
The manifesto of Mahayuti \u2013 BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP \u2013 is a roadmap to development. It speaks of economic progress, social equality, security and is all-inclusive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Empowerment of women is important for Viksit Maharashtra. Previous governments stopped women from progressing and Modi and Mahayuti removed all roadblocks and provided them several opportunities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The state\u2019s \u2018Ladki Bahin\u2019 scheme is being talked about in the entire country, but the Congress ecosystem is working against it and even took it to court, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf voted to power, MVA will scrap the scheme. Every woman should be wary of the MVA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Modi also touched upon the \u201cimported maal\u201d comment by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant for Mahayuti\u2019s Mumbadevi candidate Shaina NC. Women should not tolerate and forgive MVA leaders for such remarks, he said.<\/p>\n
The Congress was in power simultaneously at the Centre and in Maharashtra but never felt the need for Marathi to be given the status of classical language, Modi said. \u201cNow, they are troubled about how Modi did this and why. This is the real face of MVA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Modi said Maharashtra has topped in foreign investments in the past two years and more than 50 per cent of FDI in the country came to the state in the first three months of this year. MVA has accused the BJP of diverting big projects from Maharashtra to Gujarat.<\/p>\n
Modi said Maharashtra\u2019s infrastructure development is growing and cited the example of the Vadhavan port in Palghar district. After the elections are over and Mahayuti comes to power, Modi said he will work with senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on his demand for a third airport near the Vadhavan port.\u2013(PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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