‘Ek Rahenge Toh Safe Rahenge’
BOKARO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress and its allies for seeking to reinstate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Congress and its allies want to bring back Article 370 so that Babasaheb’s Constitution is once again out of Jammu and Kashmir, and our soldiers again face the fire of terrorism,” he said during his campaigning in Jharkhand.
“Modi buried Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. For seven decades, Ambedkar’s Constitution was not in force there,” he said.
Modi said it was the first time that the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir had taken oath in the name of the Indian Constitution and this was his tribute to Ambedkar.
The Prime Minister also launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing its “shahi parivar” (royal family) of attempting to break the ST-SC-OBC unity to “snatch away reservations under an evil design” while urging the crowd at a rally in Jharkhand to stay united, saying, ‘Ek rahenge toh safe rahenge’ (stay united to stay safe).”
He accused the ruling JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand of looting the state’s rich resources, including minerals, forests, sand, and coal, which he said put the state’s “Roti-Beti-Mati” (bread, land, and daughter) at risk.
He vowed that the “culprits” would not escape justice, even if they were hiding in “paatal.”
“The Congress knows that if STs, SCs and OBCs are united, they will pose a threat to the party’s existence. This is the reason the Congress ‘shahi parivar’ is hell-bent on breaking their unity… They want to snatch reservations.
“The Congress is trying to pit one tribal community against another… Munda against Oraon, Lohra against Kharia, Kharwar against Korwa etc. with an agenda to break the tribal society’s strength,” he said.
The Congress cannot tolerate tribals in higher posts, which is why it opposes Droupadi Murmu’s elevation (to the post of President) and continues to insult her, the PM said, adding former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren was also insulted.
The Prime Minister also alleged that the Congress-JMM coalition wanted to divide OBCs by pitting sub-castes against each other. “Beware of Congress-JMM’s evil designs and conspiracies. They can go to any extent to grab power. Congress has been an opponent of SC, ST, and OBC unity since Independence. Till there was no unity, Congress kept forming governments at the Centre and looted the nation,” he said. “More than 125 sub-castes are considered OBCs in the Chotanagpur region. Congress-JMM wants to break the OBC unity by pitting sub-castes against each other like Yadav versus Kurmi and Sonar versus Lohar. I warn you, ‘ek rahoge toh safe rahoge’,” he added. He said a BJP-led government was needed in Jharkhand to drive out infiltrators and eradicate corruption.
