"Ek Rahenge Toh Safe Rahenge": In Jharkhand, PM Alleges Plot To Break OBCs

Prime Minister Modi accused the ruling JMM and Congress of creating a "paper leak mafia" and a "recruitment mafia".

The Congress and its allies want to divide the OBC community by pitting sub-castes against each other for political gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged today. Addressing an election rally in Jharkhand's Bokaro, he used the slogan: "Ek rahenge toh safe rahenge". The slogan, which means "we will be safe if we are united", appealed to the backward castes to stay united.

The Congress, the Prime Minister said, has not been able to cross the 250 mark in Lok Sabha polls after the OBC community got reservation in the 90s. "So the Congress wants to break the OBC community and divide them into numerous castes," the Prime Minister alleged.

The unity of castes under the OBC umbrella, he said, has made the country stronger. "But the Congress and JMM want to make them fight among themselves. They want that castes in OBC category stop considering themselves OBC and remain entangled in their own castes. I want to ask you, do you want the OBC community to disintegrate? Won't your voice become weaker if you break? We have to remember, 'ek rahenge toh safe rahenge'," the Prime Minister said.