UP Dy CM Maurya calls the slogan ‘batenge toh katenge’ a call for unity | India News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: A day after dodging questions on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘batenge toh katenge’ slogan, his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday described it as a call for unity and asked why the opposition had a ‘stomach ache’ over the slogan . The slogan, which Adityanath often used during his campaign, has united the opposition in its condemnation ahead of the elections November 20 pollsclaiming that it has communal undertones.
“The clear message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the slogans – ‘If we remain united, we will be safe, if we divide, we will be cut’ – that emerged from their speeches is a symbol of the unity and determination for all workers. There are no differences within the BJP, there were none and there will not be any,” Maurya said in a message in Hindi on X.

“This slogan comes straight from the hearts of party workers like me. The BJP’s slogan is ‘If we remain united, we will be safe,’ he added.
The deputy chief minister wondered why the Samajwadi Party, Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party had “stomach aches over this unity”?
“If the pain is unbearable, get it treated and take medicine,” he added.
A day earlier, Maurya had created a stir in Uttar Pradesh’s political circles by refusing to comment on Adityanath’s ‘batenge toh katenge’ slogan, saying questions on the matter should be directed to the chief minister.
On Sunday, he intensified his attacks on the main opposition Samajwadi party over his PDA (Pichda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) field.
“We must respond to the false ‘PDA’ abuses being spread by the Samajwadi Party and its leader Akhilesh Yadav in the same way as Lord Krishna responded to Shishupal. In 2024, the Cycle (the SP’s poll symbol) must be broken by making the lotus bloom so that the voting deposits of SP candidates are forfeited.”
“The Samajwadi Party must be transformed into a ‘samaaptvaadi’ party by deepening the wounds of the crushing defeats it suffered in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2022 (elections),” he said in a message in Hindi on X.
Bypolls will be held on November 20 for nine assembly seats — Katehari in Ambedkar Nagar, Karhal in Mainpuri, Meerapur in Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Majhawan in Mirzapur, Sisamau in Kanpur City, Khair in Aligarh, Phulpur in Prayagraj and Kundarki in Moradabad. .
Eight of these seats fell vacant after their MLAs were elected as Lok Sabha MPs, while the bypoll on the Sisamau seat was necessitated due to the disqualification of SP MLA Irfan Solanki, who was convicted in a criminal case.
The Congress is not contesting the bypolls and is backing its INDIA block partner Samajwadi Party.