Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in an exclusive interview with INDIA TV, slammed Congress for doing vote jihad and appeasing Muslims. He added that the BJP is fighting ‘dharma yuddh’ against this vote jihad.
He said that the Congress and MVA experimented with vote jihad in Lok Sabha. He said that on 12 seats, with Muslims in majority, vote jihad slogans were used adding that religious places and leaders were used to administer oaths on Allah’s name to vote against the BJP. He asserted that if MVA would do vote jihad like this, there would be an unavoidable need for a ‘dharm yuddh.’
On ‘batoge to katoge’ slogan raised by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Fadnavis justified the statement and said, “If a society gets divided, it perishes. Congress has continuously tried to divide people into castes.” However, he also said that it can be positively presented like how PM Modi said “ek rahenge, to safe rahenge.’ Fadnavis emphasised that BJP does not practise secularism with appeasement politics like others instead it follows the principle of ‘Justice for all, appeasement of none.’
Reacting to the action on Madarasas, the deputy CM said that any place where Jihadis would be groomed would be shut down.