Panvel: Union minister of state Ramdas Athawale on Monday slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) would change the Structure if it remained in energy and appealed to the Muslim group to not dwell in concern, assuring he would stand by them if any try have been made to drive them away.
Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment and president of the Republican Celebration of India (RPI), Ramdas Athawale, (HT File)
Addressing a rally in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, in assist of the three-time BJP MLA from Panvel, Prashant Thakur, Athawale stated that nobody can change the Structure drafted by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. “No one’s bapacha baap (father’s father) can change the Constitution. If my bapacha bapacha baap (father’s father’s father) comes, he can’t change it. Even if Rahul Gandhi’s bapacha bapacha baap (father’s father’s father) comes, he cannot change the Constitution. Rahul Gandhi keeps lying in his campaigns, and that is why he keeps losing elections.”
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The Republican Celebration of India (Athawale) president additionally expressed his assist for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance forward of the Maharashtra meeting elections. “How can Narendra Modi, who takes oath by bowing before the Constitution, change it? His speeches are full of respect for Babasaheb. An OBC has become PM, but all are ganging up against him. I will stand strongly with him. My community knows who to elect and who to defeat, as they will do here by electing Prashant.”
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Athawale additionally credited Modi and the BJP for serving to his celebration win elections previously. “In 2009, [Nationalist Congress Party founder] Sharad Pawar asked me to contest from Shirdi, but I lost. After joining the Modi cabinet, I have MLAs in Nagaland and my party has been recognised as a national party,” he stated.
He added that Prashant Thakur is carrying ahead the legacy of his father, former MP Ramsheth Thakur, and dealing for all communities and sections of society. “This election is not for Mahayuti to come to power, but for Mahayuti to get power for Maharashtra’s development,” he stated.
Athawale additionally stated that if Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray had not allied with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Celebration, he wouldn’t have confronted rise up. “I had asked Sharad Pawar to ally with BJP. He could have become prime minister. [Former Congress president] Sonia [Gandhi] and the Congress didn’t let him, but he has still allied with them.”
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At a time when the BJP has raised its Hindutva pitch by coining slogans like “Ek hain toh safe hain” (We’re secure if we’re one) and accused the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of appeasing Muslims, Athawale appealed to the minority group to vote for the Mahayuti, saying the alliance wasn’t in opposition to them.
Itemizing the varied welfare schemes that the Mahayuti authorities has introduced within the build-up to the polls, he stated, “You, too, are benefiting from it all, from 10% reservations for economically weaker sections and the 27% OBC quota. Modi’s family comprises all 140 crore people [in India]. No one will drive you away. If anyone tries, I will throw them out. There is no need to fear. You are citizens of this country.”