Omkar Dattatray
Prime Minister Modi is sincerely trying to unite the various segments of the society ,while the opposition leaders are only disuniting the already heterogeneous and a diverse society. All the unity by BJP and disunity of the diverse society is resorted by the congress and opposition and all of this unity and disunity moves are aimed to gain votes in our democracy ,but the opposition including the congress is perusing the politics of division as well as deception and the people are the best judges to pronounce the result of the coming Lok Sabha polls .Prime minister Narendra Modi rightly accused congress of dividing the society for the benefit of one family and asserted that the BJP believes in spreading happiness and uniting the people .His remarks came against the backdrop exodus of north Indian workers from Gujarat ,for which the saffron party has blamed congress .During an interaction with the BJP workers of five Lok Sabha constituencies via video conferencing ,Modi also took a swipe at the opposition over its efforts to frame Mahagathbandhan against BJP ,but there are fissures and disunity among the leaders of INDIA bloc .If the opposition wants sincerely to fight the BJP ,it should follow and practice unity in the rank and file of the opposition bloc .The only photo sessions will do no good to the opposition INDIA bloc. However,there should be no factionalism ,groupism in the opposition parties and instead the congress and other leaders of the opposition should put their efforts together to provide a united political front to take over the mighty and arrogant BJP and be a substitute to the ruling NDA. Those who are out on bail are forced to come together to find ways to save themselves .They have not assembled for the benefit of the masses, but for the sole purpose of removing Modi .Modi claimed it was not a matter of ego for his party to defeat others but an opportunity to serve the people .Modi said,’ ”When you try and connect everything to elections ,like unveiling the statue of Sir Chhotu Ram or Swachh Bharat Mission .it reduces the importance of the event ,”and added the BJP was doing social service and would continue to doing so .Attacking congress ,the PM alleged that opposition party believed in dividing the people for the sake of sole benefit of one family. ”We are those who spread happiness to bring pleasure in everyone’s life ,while other divide the society for the benefit of one family .We believe in uniting and they prefer to divide the people. The power to unite is always greater than the power to divide. ”BJP always stayed in touch with the people and common man on the ground .The BJP is cadre based party .The workers feedback is important for the government and the party .That is why we are successful in extending the benefits of government schemes to the poor ,exploited and deprived sections of the society .Modi said it was unfortunate that people who used to be in power earlier felt ashamed of the culture instead of taking pride in it .For decades after independence ,it was believed that India was the country of snake charmers and rat catchers ,and the worst was that the political outfit which ruled the country for decades promoted these ridiculous things .We must take pride in Indian culture and the congress is promoting the notion of India being a land of snake charmers and rat catchers.PM Modi has met the Kashmiri Muslim students in Delhi who were on the tour of India and said Kashmiri students are next to none and they have the capacity to excel in different areas of development and wished them all success .He believes in connecting with large sections of the society .Modi also met the Sikh community on the birth anniversary of Guru Tej Bhadhur singh and on the Bal Diwas and exhorted the younger generation to contribute to the development of the country .On this occasion ,he praised the Sikh Sahibzadas and remembered the greatest sacrifice of Tej Bhadhur for the sake of righteous cause and protection of the Hindus of Kashmir .He also decried the selfish and ulterior designs of some leaders of Tamil Nadu and south India for saying that the people of UP and Bihar only know and read Hindi and they work as labourers and perform only menial work of cleaning toilets and also calling them as ignorant and uneducated .Thus some opposition leaders try to divide the people of this country and pit one region against the other .Recently a leader of a opposition party has said that the people of Rajasthan ,MP ,Chhattisgarh who voted for the BJP as the Gou Mutur states and it shows how low the politicians of the opposition parties stoop .All this results in dividing the society and furthering north vs. south divide and this is very harmful for the country’s unity .Modi believes in inclusive politics and he denounces exclusivity and also stands for Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikas,Sabka Priyas and Sabka vishwas and thus taking all the people together is the motive of Modi and the BJP .The congress and other opposition parties are doing caste politics and hence they advocate caste census in the country and this will further divide the heterogeneous and diverse society .Caste census will only further divide the society and what is needed is the common census and not a caste census .The issue of caste census has been raised by congress and other non-BJP parties only with the purpose and objective of gaining votes and therefore they advocate caste politics and promise it if elected to power.To conclude ,it can be surely said that the BJP and Modi are only uniting the society while the congress and other opposition parties are dividing the society for the vote bank and appeasement politics.
(The author is a columnist,
social and KP activist)
