Political Commentary on Hindutva and Elections

No, everyone should uphold it.

Will you campaign for Hindutva? Come on, this is a state issue.

When one of ours stands for the Lok Sabha, why campaign for Hindutva?

Because then it is a national issue.

When Maharashtra faces a crisis, it is an issue concerning Maharashtra, and

when the country faces a crisis, we think of it. This is Shiv Sena's clear policy.

At election time, you remember Shahu Maharaj.

At election time, you remember Jyotiba Phule.

At election time, you remember Dr. Ambedkar. Otherwise, no one asks after anyone.

They neither inquire nor remember, nor do they erect statues.

Don't lecture me about the Bahujan community.

My father endured hardships for it, for the welfare of the Bahujan community.

Dung was hurled at our house in Pune.

A dead donkey was placed in front of our house in Pune.

In Pune, funeral processions for our fathers were taken out while they were alive, I have

seen this. I saw it in my childhood.

In India, we are Hindus, and in Maharashtra, we are Marathi.

In Gujarat, you may be Gujarati, but leave that aside in Maharashtra.

In Gujarat, you are Gujarati, and throughout the country, you are Hindu.

In Bengal, you may be Bengali,

but in India, you are Hindu.

Without taking this Hindu position, you will not be able to live, and this

looming green shadow,

this looming green threat, you will not be able to ward it off.