Published By: Aashi Sadana
Last Updated: June 16, 2023, 23:47 IST
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (File picture/PTI)
Speaking at a rally in Osmanabad, Fadnavis stated whereas the Congress authorities has eliminated the names of the heroes who participated within the nation’s freedom wrestle from college textbooks, “their names can’t be erased from our minds”
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday sought to goal his former ally and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over the choice of the Congress authorities in Karnataka to drop chapters on RSS founder Ok B Hedgewar and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar from textbooks.
Speaking at a rally in Osmanabad, Fadnavis stated whereas the Congress authorities has eliminated the names of the heroes who participated within the nation’s freedom wrestle from college textbooks, “their names can’t be erased from our minds”.
“When the BJP misplaced elections in Karnataka, MVA leaders Sharad Pawar and Nana Patole stated they’ll implement the `Karnataka sample’ in Maharashtra. Now Karnataka has determined to take away the names of freedom fighters from books and withdraw a regulation in opposition to pressured conversions,” he stated.
“I ask Uddhav Thackeray, is that this the Karnataka sample they’re going to deliver to Maharashtra? Will Uddhav Thackeray tolerate all this? Or he ought to declare that he has given up Hindutva ideology,” Fadnavis added.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde (who rebelled in opposition to Thackeray final 12 months) and the BJP have been rejuvenating the Hindutva of Bal Thackeray, he additional stated.
Earlier, talking to reporters in Mumbai, Fadnavis stated the revision of college textbooks in Karnataka was anticipated after the Congress returned to energy within the southern state.
“The Congress can take away Savarkar and Hedgewar from textbooks however not from the hearts and minds of individuals,” the BJP chief stated.
Speaking on the rally in Osmanabad, Fadnavis additionally stated that numerous schemes of the BJP-led Union authorities such because the PM Kisan Bima Yojana, Ayushyaman Bharat, Ujjwala gasoline scheme, PM Swanidhi yojana and Mudra scheme have benefitted Maharashtra so much.
“Earlier, the (Maha Vikas Aghadi) authorities didn’t give a single rupee for Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad railway although the Centre was prepared to fund 50 % of the mission….As the federal government modified within the state, we wrote one other letter, stating that we’re prepared to contribute for these initiatives, now we have additionally sanctioned funds for this railway mission,” he stated.
Ten lakh homes can be constructed for individuals from OBC communities beneath the Modi Awas scheme and three lakh of those homes can be constructed this 12 months itself, Fadnavis introduced.
India’s economic system is rising when many international locations are going through recession and neighbouring international locations are going through monetary crises, he stated.
“India’s economic system was within the eleventh place earlier. Now it’s among the many prime 5. We have additionally left behind the economic system of Britain which dominated us for 150 years,” Fadnavis stated.ele
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