Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the opposition in Maharashtra, accusing them of getting an issue with “Sambhaji Maharaj’s identify”.
Addressing an election rally within the poll-bound state, the prime minister stated those that see their “messiah” in the one that killed the Maratha warrior-king are standing in opposition to the state and Maratha delight.
“Those that have an issue with Sambhaji Maharaj’s identify, those that see Messiah within the identify of those that killed him, aren’t they standing in opposition to the Maharashtra and Maratha delight? Aren’t these folks in opposition to our identification? Will Maharashtra ever settle for such folks?” he stated whereas addressing a rally in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Sambhaji Maharaj was the son of Maratha icon Chhatrapati Shivaji. He was killed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
PM Modi additionally attacked the Congress, saying it’s in opposition to reservation and improvement.
“To type the federal government, the Congress get together believes in division and never improvement… From the start, Congress has been in opposition to reservation… Previous commercials that are going viral on the web these days present the true pondering of Congress concerning reservations. Congress used to name reservations in opposition to the nation and benefit. Congress’ mentality and agenda stay the identical, even at the moment. Therefore, from the final 10 years, it’s robust for them to tolerate a PM from the OBC,” he added.
He stated the Mahayuti authorities renamed Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and fulfilled Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s want.
PM Modi stated the Congress and its allies need the restoration of Article 370 and are planning a separate structure for Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah calls Aghadi ‘Aurangzeb fan membership’
Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday described the opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance as an “Aurangzeb fan membership”. Addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule, the BJP stalwart claimed Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has forgotten the ideas of his father, Bal Thackeray.
“Aghadi (Maha Vikas Aghadi) solely desires to appease. To realize energy, Uddhav ji has forgotten all of the ideas of Balasaheb Thackeray. Uddhav babu, who’re you sitting with at the moment? Right this moment, you’re with those that objected to the renaming of Aurangabad, the development of Ram temple, the abrogation of Article 370 and in addition to surgical strike in opposition to Pakistan. There are two clear sides in entrance of individuals of Maharashtra – Aghadi, which is the Aurangzeb fan membership, and the opposite is Mahayuti which follows the ideas of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Veer Savarkar,” he was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
Voting for the Maharashtra meeting election will happen on November 20. The end result will probably be introduced on November 23.
With inputs from PTI, ANI
