PM Modi cites ideologies of Kabir, Soordas, Valmiki and equates those with BJP's 'sabka saath sabka vikas'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first election speech in Alwar on Sunday gives a peek into BJP's poll strategy for Rajasthan. PM Modi moved beyond caste and communities and propagated a society that did not differentiate on any grounds. The PM mentioned ideologies of Kabir, Raidas, Soordas, Valmiki, Ramanand and equated it to the BJP's ideology of inclusiveness. He moulded their couplets to project BJP's ideology of 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'.
The Prime Minister quoted a couplet from Kabir, the largest influencer of Bhakti movement, that said all men were equal like water from a well and so should be the case in society. He spoke of the Sikh saints who believed all to be equal and cited eating food in a langar as an example.
Quoting a couplet of Saint Ramananda — founder of Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciative community in modern times — Modi said, "Jo Hari Ko Bhaje Hari ka Hoy" (the one who pays obeisance to the Lord is close to the Lord) and adapted it as a projection of BJP's ideology of inclusiveness. Replacing Hari PM Modi said, "Jo garib ko bhaje garib ka hoy." He said farmers, poor, women, deprived, youth, public and the nation were all forms of the lord and BJP approached them as such.
The PM also termed the Congress anti-Dalit and anti-poor. He mentioned two stalwart Dalit icons —Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram, who he said were insulted by the Congress.
He said that Baba Saheb Ambedkar deserved a Bharat Ratna but did not get it due to the Congress. He also alleged that the Congress had heaped indignity against Babu Jagjivan Ram when he raised his voice against the Emergency as ordered by Indira Gandhi.
The PM's speech makes it clear that BJP is set to blame the Congress of casteism and woo all sections of voters.
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