Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has criticized the Congress party for attempting to create a divide in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) for political gains. Modi said the grand old party is unable to accept that the country has had an OBC Prime Minister for the past ten years who has worked for all sections of the society.
“Congress cannot tolerate the fact that there is an OBC Prime Minister who is taking everyone along with him,” Modi said, while addressing an election rally in Nanded, Maharashtra. The PM also alleged that Congress was trying to eliminate the unified identity of the OBC community by splitting it into smaller caste groups.
“Congress is playing the game of eliminating the identity of OBC and dividing them into different castes. Congress wants to snatch the identity of the large group of OBC and divide it into different castes with smaller groups. You will have to stay vigilant of Congress’ divisive tactics. You will have to stay aware about Congress’ hidden agenda of breaking and destroying the country. ‘Hum ek hain toh safe hain’,” the PM was quoted as saying.
Notably, this is the second time Modi used this slogan in Maharashtra. Earlier on November 8, addressing an election rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule, Modi accused the Congress and its allies of pitting one caste against another and asked the public to stay united, urging “Ek hai, toh safe hai.”
He also affirmed that the Congress and its allies must not encourage the “Pakistan agenda” and speak the language of separatists. The agenda, he said, won’t succeed till he has the people’s blessings.
The Prime Minister also pointed to the victory of the BJP in the recently held Haryana elections, adding that the people of Maharashtra were set to repeat history.
‘During the last two months, wherever I have visited Maharashtra, I have this feeling that whatever couldn’t be done in the Lok Sabha elections will be corrected in the assembly polls,” he said.
Maharashtra is scheduled to vote in a single-phase assembly election on November 20. The counting of votes is scheduled to take place on November 23.