Sanjay Raut furious at Devendra Fadnavis, asked- what is vote jihad?
Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut has targeted Devendra Fadnavis’s comment. He said that vote jihad? Citizens of this country are Muslims, Jains, Hindus, Parsis, if they vote for you (BJP) then it is okay? … Why did you (BJP) bring the triple talaq law for Muslim women? Do people like Devendra Fadnavis want to break this country again? Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday claimed that vote jihad was seen in 14 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis claimed in a public meeting that love jihad was a real threat. More than one lakh cases across the state”. Not just that, Fadnavis also termed the results of Maharashtra losing 14 of the 48 seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections to “vote jihad”, pointing to the population structure of the constituencies. An organisation called Sakal Hindu Samaj first brought the term “love jihad” into Maharashtra’s political lexicon last year, leading to several allegations of hate speech. However, BJP leaders officially maintained a distance from it. Without naming anyone, Ajit Pawar said that some ‘unbridled statement-makers’ make statements against different religions, sects and communities, which is not right. His statement comes at a time when his fellow Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis maintained that the Mahayuti lost 14 of the 48 seats due to vote jihad. As the assembly elections are approaching,