‘Stay United Or Congress Will Take Away Your Quotas’: PM Modi In Maharashtra

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Opposition Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) duo while addressing a public rally in poll-bound Maharashtra’s Chandrapur, urging the people to stay united against any divisive forces.

Addressing the gathering at Chimur in Chandrapur, PM Modi targeted Congress and said, "Aghadi means biggest players of corruption. They have done a PhD in braking development. And Congress is a double PhD in it."

Campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is an ally of the present Mahayuti government in the state, PM Modi claimed that Maharashtra has seen rapid development under the double-engine government.

"Maharashtra is the state with maximum foreign investment. There are new airports and expressways, one dozen Vande Bharat trains are running, and more than 100 railway stations are being transformed," he said, while pointing out the initiatives taken by his government which has failed to fulfill these projects under the opposition Mahayuti.

Furthermore, PM Modi took a dig at Congress and stated that the grand old party wanted to divide people based on their caste. He urged the public to stay united for their progress.

"If you don’t stay united congress will take away your quotas."

In this context, he criticized Congress’s motives for wanting to polarize different castes of Adivasis in order to weaken them. The Prime Minister expressed that these divisions have to be stopped from happening, so that the community can preserve its identity and strength.

Prior to his visit to Chandrapur, two public rallies were scheduled for PM Modi: in Solapur and Pune on November 13. Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to secure vital support in this western Maharashtra region with less than a week left before the campaign period comes to an end.

In 36 out of the 76 direct contests between Congress and BJP in Vidarbha, the prime contender for the state's election victories resides. In case PM Modi could make some major gains on November 20, when polling is expected to take place, there is certainly a possibility that Maha Yuti alliance may increase its chances for electoral success.

The MahaYuti government has also scheduled rallies and events across different regions of Maharashtra prior to the voting on November 20, in view of the growing public momentum around Narendra Modi at this point.