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Pune/Kolhapur: Undeterred by the stiff opposition to his ' Batenge to Katenge ' slogan from Mahayuti's ally NCP and his own party members Ashok Chavan and Pankaja Munde, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said, "Hum kate kyunki hum bate (We suffered setbacks because we were divided)." Campaigning in Bhosari in NCP leader Ajit Pawar's home district of Pune, Yogi said that if the country had not gone through partition in 1947, the 'Muslim issue' in undivided India would have been dealt with the way it is being 'handled' now. On the penultimate day of the campaign for the state poll, Yogi Adityanath held rallies in Pune, Kolhapur, and Karad.
He has been strongly advocating the 'Batenge to Katenge' slogan but Ajit Pawar has objected to it. Yogi said, "Hindus have suffered for not being united. During partition, several Hindus died.
Congress was responsible for the division of our country, but if we had shown unity then, partition would not have happened." He added, "Some ask me how the 'Muslim issue' would have been handled in undivided India. I tell them that it would have been dealt with in a similar manner it has been handled now.
" Criticising the Congress, Yogi said that if the party had not been so desperate to be in govt, partition would not have happened. "After independence, Congress continued to create a divide on the basis of region, language, and caste," he said. Appealing to the Hindu community to unite, Yogi said, "We faced insults in Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura because we were divided.
We will not be massacred if we avoid division (Batenge Nahi to Katenge Nahi)." Earlier, speaking in Kolhapur, the UP CM said, "Vishalgad fort is attached to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It is sad that the fort has been encroached upon, but I was shocked to know that encroachers pelted stones when authorities tried to clear the area.
" The fort is in Kolhapur district. He called the MVA ‘Maha Anadi Aghadi' that lacks integrity, vision, and decision-making capability. "Congress, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar have indulged in 'Noora Kushti'.
They are trying to overpower each other and cannot be trusted. They will first betray each other, then the Hindu community, and then the entire country," he said. Criticising Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Yogi said, "If Balasaheb Thackeray were alive today, would he have gone with Congress? He always stood firm on moral values and spoke about the nation's unity.
" On Congress member Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Kolhapur visit on Saturday, Yogi said, "She did not speak about safety, development, terrorism, or naxalism as she was here to divide people.".
