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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during his 2-day visit to Rajasthan, kept hitting hard at the evils of casteism and divisive politics asserting “both do weaken the nation”.
Speaking at the Jauhar Smriti Samaroh in the fort town of Chittorgarh on the first day on his visit on Sunday Yogi attacked the Opposition dispensation, particularly the Congress, retorting-“They are confronting an existential crisis and in desperation are weakening the nation by divisive casteist tactics”.
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However, speaking at the 375th anniversary ancient Ratneshwar Mahadev shrine in the “Sire Dham” in Jalore today sought direct dialogue with the masses calling on the audience to rise above the(narrow) casteism and divisive social order and contribute in building a strong nation.
He said that casteism is detrimental to the unity in the society (samaj) whereas the very strength of India (Bharat) is vested in her cultural unity that rests on tenets of spirituality and religious practices. These cultural features enable us to withstand tough phases in time during all crises, the visiting Chief Minister said.
Hence, cultural unity is the strongest tool that keeps us united in tough times and we ought to preserve it, Yogi said.
When we are a united society(including all strata), all matters and disputes protracted for as long as 500 years (Ram Mandir) can be solved, he said, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for paving the way for this.
Yogi said that contrary to the stance of the Modi Government, previous regimes and rulers used to ridicule our faith (Astha) as superstition and orthodox mindset.
They even negated the existence (incarnation) of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna, now their (political) existence has been negated by people”, the UP CM has made a barb to target his party’s arch rival.
On Sunday too, Yogi did tear into the Congress, in Chittorgarh, without naming it and saying “Just try to recall and recognise who are those people, who are dividing the society (samaj) on the basis of castes and dharma, who are those rumour mongers creating a crisis of trust and faith among the masses; or those who are creating situations in which India (Bharat) feared to lose the glorious image and reputation,” he said.