New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday sought to hyperlink the “lotus” within the G20 emblem with the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s (BJP) ballot image and the avtaran (incarnation) of the Gujjar group’s deity Shree Devnarayan. He was addressing a large gathering of Gujjars at Malaseri Dungri village in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on the event of the revered deity’s 1,111th start anniversary.
In what’s being seen as BJP’s outreach to the Gujjar group forward of the Rajasthan meeting elections, scheduled for later this 12 months, Modi stated that not solely does Lord Devnarayan’s 1,111th start anniversary coincide with India’s G20 presidency, however the way it’s a coincidence that the deity appeared on a lotus. The G20 emblem has a lotus and “we’re these individuals who had been born with the lotus.”
“Aur yeh bhi dekhiye kaisa sanjog hai. Bhagwan Devnarayan ji ka 1,111th avtaran barsh, us hee samay Bharat ki G20 ki adhyakshata. Aur usme bhi Bhagwan Devnarayan ka avtaran kamal par hua tha aur G-20 ka jo emblem hain usme bhi kamal ke upar puri prithvi ko baithaya hai. Aur hum toh woh log hai jo paidaish hello kamal ke saath hui hai. Aur isliye hamara apka nata kuch gehra hai (Lord Devnarayan’s 1,111 start anniversary coincides with India’s G20 presidency and in that, too, Lord Devnarayan appeared on a lotus and within the G-20 emblem, too, the planet Earth has been positioned on prime of a lotus. And we’re these individuals who had been born with the lotus. That’s the reason we now have a deep relation with you),” Modi stated on the occasion.
The presence of lotus within the G20 emblem, which was unveiled by PM Modi on 8 November, 2022, had created controversy with the opposition Congress accusing the BJP of selling its ballot image.
The G20 emblem has a picture of the Earth positioned on prime of a lotus in saffron and inexperienced colors.
Jairam Ramesh, Congress normal secretary in-charge of communication, had stated it was “surprising” that the BJP’s election image had been put within the G20 emblem. The BJP had hit again saying the opposition is “denigrating and undermining” India’s nationwide flower.
In a video convention, Modi had said that the image of the lotus within the G20 emblem is a illustration of hope on this time. “Regardless of how antagonistic the circumstances, the lotus will bloom.”
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‘With blessings of God Devnarayan, all of us shall be profitable’
Modi’s go to to Malaseri Dungri to woo Gujjars comes at a time when the group’s most influential chief, Congress’ Sachin Pilot, is locked in a battle for chief ministership with Ashok Gehlot.
In response to political observers, the PM’s go to is critical and is supposed to ship a robust message to the Gujjar group, which had drifted away from the BJP and voted for the Congress in 2018 within the hope that Pilot shall be made the CM, a primary for the group.
Whereas all of the 9 Gujjar candidates fielded by the BJP in 2018 meeting elections misplaced, candidates from the group fielded by the Congress received, together with Sachin Pilot from Tonk, Ashok Chandna from Bundi, Shakuntala Rawat from Bansur and Indraj Singh Gurjar from Virat Nagar. Later, Joginder Singh Awana, a Gujjar who received on a BSP ticket, joined the Congress taking its total Gujjar tally to eight.
Reaching out to the group, Modi urged Gujjar youths to work arduous and unfold the message of Shree Devnarayan. “I’m assured that with the blessings of God Devnarayan, all of us shall be profitable.”
The PM additionally referred to how tall figures from Rajasthan — from Bappa Rawal ji to Maharana Pratap — have at all times proven the way in which to the nation.
He spoke at size concerning the schemes his authorities had initiated, just like the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, for the betterment of the farming group. Gujjars are primarily a pastoral group.
He additionally spoke of how Lord Devnarayan had made “gauseva” (caring for cows) a medium of social service and strengthening the society. “Since the previous couple of years within the nation we, too, are constantly strengthening this sense of caring for the cow”.
“For the primary time in India, we launched Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for the welfare of the cow. We’re encouraging animal husbandry by scientific means below Rashtriya Gokul Mission,” he added.
(Edited by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri)
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