RSS Puts its might behind BJP in Maharashtra polls
Held 20k meetings, going door to door
The RSS leadership is understood to have conveyed to the BJP that the Mahayuti is gaining an edge in Maharashtra Assembly polls. The RSS had already held more than 20,00 group meetings and will attain the 50,000 mark before the polling on November 20. Its army of volunteers is knocking at every door in the majority of constituencies and establishing personal contacts. The RSS deputed its key functionaries, including its Joint general secretary Atul Limaya. The RSS and BJP decided to change the course of strategy and came up with the slogan of Hindu unity such as 'Batenge toh katenge' (If divided, we will perish) and 'Ek hain to Safe hain' (United and safe) to counter MVA's planks of 'caste census' etc. Secondly, the RSS launched its 'Sajag Raho' campaign to galvanise support through its all 65 frontal organizations.
Interestingly, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who raised the slogan “Batenge toh katenge,” gained traction among the voters in Maharashtra which did not witness religious divide earlier. The BJP leadership focus also remained on ‘Ek hai toh safe hai’ (We are safe if we are united).” Even the PM resonated it several times at the rallies. The BJP is amplifying this campaign based on the PM's slogans with front-page newspaper advertisements.
Though there is rural distress due to a variety of reasons and farmers are upset in the cotton, soybeans and onion belt. But there is also a realization among the people that with the PM, Narendra Modi at the Centre and Mahayuti in the state, they will have a better future. The RSS put its entire might behind the BJP after the two came together after the BJP got a huge drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls. It was believed that the RSS did not work whole-heatedly in the LS polls and the BJP realized its folly. The gulf between the two was bridged and the two worked together in Haryana and now in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
