Lok Sabha elections 2024: Join Ajit Pawar, Eknath Shinde instead of dying with Congress, PM Modi tells Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday advised the Sharad Pawars NCP SP and Uddhav Thackerays Shiv Sena UBT to join hands with Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde after Lok Sabha elections 2024 results instead of dying by merging with the Congress reported the PTIA big leader here who is active for 4050 years is worried after polling in Baramati Lok Sabha seat He says that after June 4 smaller parties in order to survive will merge with the Congress PM Modi said without naming Sharad Pawar as per the PTIThis means the nakli NCP and nakli Shiv Sena have made up their minds to merge with the Congress PM Modi said addressing an election rally in Maharashtras Nandurbar districtBut instead of dying by merging with the Congress come to Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde PM Narendra Modi said according to the PTIIn Maharashtras Nandurbar Lok Sabha seat the BJP has renominated incumbent MP Heena Gavi who is pitted against Gowaal Padavi of Congress The constituency will go to polls in the fourth phase of the general elections on May 13In the next couple of years several regional parties will associate more closely with the Congress Or they may look at the option of merging with the Congress if they believe that is the best for their party NCP SP chief Sharad Pawar had earlier told The Indian ExpressSpeaking at the rally PM Modi also accused the Congress of conspiring to end Hindu aastha faith The guru of Congress shehzada has told the US that Ram temple and Ram Navmi festivities are against the idea of India he said targeting Sam Pitroda former chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress the news agency reported on FridaySam Pitroda on Wednesday resigned after stoking controversy with his remarks that cited ethnic and racial identities like Chinese Africans Arabs and Whites to describe the physical appearance of IndiansCongress calls people with Lord Krishnas colour as Africans So they didnt want Droupadi Murmu to be the President of India Isnt it an insult of adivasis he askedThe PM said that the Congress agenda is so dangerous that if it terms Ram temple construction and Ram Navami celebrations against the idea of India They may say my going to temple is antiIndia See the Congress mindset that in the land of Ram a temple is antiIndiaThese people organise sarkari Iftar and beautify graves of terrorists he said as per the PTIIn an apparent reference to Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Rauts alleged comment about burying him in Maharashtra just like Mughal emperor Aurangzeb PM Modi said those from the duplicate Shiv Sena are speaking of burying him alive according to the PTIThey have also got a bomb blast accused for election campaigning he said referring to the Uddhav Thackerayled party These people have lost public support and their political space has eroded People of India are my security cover These people cant bury me alive or dead he saidProviding quota benefits on the basis of religion is against the very values and principles enshrined in our Constitution he said As long as he is alive Modi said he wont let an inch of reservation of Dalits adivasis and OBCs be taken away on the basis of religionExtending Akshaya Tritiya greetings to the people he said Your blessings to me on this occasion shows that a third term for me is guaranteedPM Modi said service to adivasis and deprived sections is like serving family members for himI am not like Congress shahi parivar but was raised in a poor family Adivasis and the poor had suffered a lot in terms of lack of access to housing electricity and water even after 60 years of independence But my government has worked hard to improve their lives said the BJPs star campaignerHe said the Congress has no concern for adivasis and did nothing to eradicate sickle cell anemia prevalent among tribalsPM Modi said his government has initiated steps in that direction to secure the future generations of tribalsHe said the Congress knows it cannot match Modi over development So it has opened a factory of lies on reservation and Constitution Their ecosystem is filled with rumours he saidOn the Constitution change rumour it is nothing but a chor machaya shor thieves creating noise situation for Congress It wants to introduce reservations based on religion which is against the Constitution Making such an attempt is like stabbing the maker of the Constitution in the back he said the PTI reportedAlleging that the Congress wants to replicate its Karnataka model across the country by snatching quotas from SC ST and OBC and giving those to their minority vote banks PM Modi cautioned people to be alertIn Karnataka the Congress turned Muslims into OBCs overnight and now it wants to snatch quotes from tribals and Dalits he saidThe Maha Vikas Aghadi is running a maha abhiyan mega drive to finish off quota while I am doing maha rakshan ka maha yagna grand ritual for protection to save it he said as per the PTII have been challenging the Congress to give in writing that it will not end the SC and ST quota and give it to Muslims But the Congress is not replying They have a hidden agenda to loot your rights But they are spreading rumours by being hand in glove with antinational elements he saidModi is the chowkidar watchman to protect the rights of the deprived sections of society he saidwith PTI inputs