‘Yogi ji’s or Modi ji’s?’: Mallikarjun Kharge asks BJP to resolve between ‘batenge, katenge’ and ‘ek hai toh protected hai’ slogans | India Information

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday took a jibe on the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) asking it to first resolve between the 2 totally different slogans given by its leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi — ‘Ek hai toh protected hai‘, and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath — ‘Batenge toh katenge‘.
Addressing a press convention in Nagpur metropolis of Maharashtra, the place meeting elections can be held on November 20, Kharge requested the BJP to resolve between Yogi Adityanath’s ‘divisive’ slogan and PM Modi’s unity message.
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“First, you resolve between yourselves whose slogan is to be adopted – Yogi ji’s or Modi ji’s,” he mentioned. “BJP leaders give inciting speeches and communicate lies and divert individuals’s consideration from core points,” Kharge added.
The Congress chief additionally countered UP CM’s ‘batenge toh katenge‘ slogan by asserting that a number of leaders from his get together have laid down their lives to unite the nation. Those that need the nation to stay united won’t ever go such divisive remarks, he mentioned.
“You solely divide however blame others. You say ‘batenge toh katenge‘. Those that need the nation to stay united won’t ever say such divisive slogans,” he mentioned.
A day earlier, PM Modi gave a brand new pitch in Maharashtra — ‘Ek hai toh protected hai‘ (We’re protected, provided that united) whereas accusing Congress of pitting one caste in opposition to one other.
“The only real agenda of the Congress get together is to make one caste battle in opposition to one other. They don’t need SCs, STs and OBCs to progress and get their due recognition … Bear in mind, ‘Ek hai toh protected hai‘,” he had mentioned.
PM’ new slogan got here amid row over Yogi Adityanath’s ‘batenge toh katenge‘ pitch. The expression was first utilized by the UP CM at a rally in Agra within the backdrop of Hindu minorities being subjected to violence in Bangladesh.
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Later, PM Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat additionally made related pitches for Hindu unity later. Throughout his annual Vijaya Dashami speech this 12 months, Bhagwat mentioned that “being unorganised and weak is like inviting atrocities by the depraved”.
Yogi Adityanath had additionally repeated the slogan throughout an election rally in Maharashtra whereas campaigning for ruling-Mahayuti.