Now Fadnavis cites Dhule example for his own version of ‘batenge toh katenge’

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that a “vote Jihad” was underway in the state and an example of that was seen in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing an election rally in Maharashtra’s Dhule on Friday, Fadnavis said, “A vote Jihad has begun in the state now. We saw that in the Lok Sabha elections.”
Citing an example of the alleged “vote Jihad”, Fadnavis said that the BJP was ahead by 1.90 lakh votes in Dhule, but the Malegaon assembly segment had 1.94 lakh votes. “We were defeated by only 4,000 votes. This Vote Jihad was the reason for our defeat there because we were not together,” he said.

Devendra Fadnavis’s remark echoed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘batenge to katenge’ (division will bring annihilation) remark and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘ek rahenge to safe rahenge’ (We will remain safe if we remain united) statement.
PM Modi also took part in the BJP rally in Dhule. Addressing the public, PM Modi accused the Congress and its allies of pitting one caste against another and asked people to stay united.
“Ek hai, toh safe hai (we will remain safe if we remain united),” PM Modi said.
Maharashtra will vote in a single phase on November 20. Counting of votes will take place three days later on November 23.
Notably, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had made a reference to the Bangladesh crisis and Hindus being persecuted there during an event in August and had said, “Batenge to katenge”. This statement, which was later endorsed by the RSS as well, has been criticised by the opposition parties.