NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has amplified his “unity” theme by saying that it’s the greatest assure for security. “Ek rahenge to secure rahenge,” Modi mentioned whereas addressing a gathering on the event of National Unity Day on Thursday at Kevadia in Gujarat to mark the one hundred and fiftieth delivery anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Whereas his comment was extensively seen as a variation of the “batenge to katenge” theme which Sangh Parivar has provide you with within the wake of the concentrating on of Hindus in Bangladesh, Modi put it within the context of what he referred to as menace to nationwide unity and the challenges going through the nation, together with an ideological one and an try and ward off traders.
The PM mentioned the idea of nationwide unity, which was seen as a perfect, was now sought to be disparaged and had been lowered to a contentious problem.
“Aaj koi yeh keh de ki ‘ek hain to secure hain’ to usse bhi galat tarike se paribhashit karne mein yeh log lagenge (if somebody says if we’re united, we’re secure, then there are forces hell-bent on misinterpreting it),” Modi mentioned, whereas warning that individuals ought to be cautious about forces equivalent to “city Naxals” as they had been decided to painting a unfavorable picture of India.
“As Naxalism is ending in jungles, a brand new mannequin of city Naxals is elevating its head. Immediately, city Naxals goal even those that say that you’ll stay secure when you stay united. We have now to establish city Naxals and unmask them,” Modi mentioned.
“On account of India’s growing strengths and capabilities, some forces in and outdoors are attempting to destabilise the nation and unfold anarchy. They wish to harm India’s financial pursuits. They wish to ship a mistaken message to international traders by portraying a unfavorable picture of the nation on the earth,” the PM mentioned.
Modi mentioned “these folks” are additionally concentrating on India’s armed forces by means of a “disinformation marketing campaign” and making an attempt to ignite sentiments of separatism within the Military. “These individuals are making an attempt to divide the nation on caste traces. Their solely aim is to weaken Indian society in addition to folks’s unity,” he mentioned.
Modi mentioned although these forces at all times talked about democracy and the Structure, they had been truly working to divide the nation. The opposition has repeatedly focused Modi claiming that India’s democracy and Structure are below assault by BJP.
Recalling Sardar Patel’s contribution, Modi mentioned although there have been individuals who had been sceptical of India’s unification after independence however Patel made it doable. He added the nation would have a good time Patel’s one hundred and fiftieth delivery anniversary for the following two years. Modi mentioned after the success of the ‘one nation, one tax’ initiative within the type of GST, ‘one nation, one ration card’, and ‘one nation, one medical insurance’ within the type of Ayushman Bharat scheme, his govt was now engaged on ‘one nation, one election’. “We’re additionally shifting in the direction of the implementation of ‘one nation, one secular civil code’. Sardar Patel’s message of unity in society is on the core of this choice,” he mentioned.
