Need not bring slogans like batenge toh katenge to Maha, my politics is different: Pankaja Munde
Mumbai: As the Maharashtra Assembly elections are just around the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ramped up its campaign with the slogan ‘batenge toh katenge’ (If divided, we perish), deployed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, which has sparked a political row. However, BJP MLC Pankaja Munde has voiced strongly that she will not support such slogans although she belongs to the saffron party.
In an interview with The Indian Express, Pankaja stated that her politics is different. “I won’t support it just because I belong to the same party. My belief is that we should work on development alone. A leader’s job is to make every living person on this land their own. Therefore, we need not bring any such topic to Maharashtra,” she said.
Pankaja, Munde added UP CM Adityanath used the slogan “in a different context and in the political situation of that land”. She cleared that the meaning of the slogan is not what they are using in Maharashtra.
Incidentally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been using the slogan "Ek hain toh safe hain" (Together, we are safe), which his rivals argue is merely a rephrasing of the same idea.
Ajit Pawar suggested last week that the politics represented by slogans like “Batenge toh katenge” will not work in Maharashtra. “I have said this many times that it will not work in Maharashtra. It may work in UP, Jharkhand or other places,” asserted Pawar.
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Nora Fatehi apologises before NCW over 'Sarke Chunar' row, vows support for orphan girls
New Delhi (PTI): Actor Nora Fatehi on Thursday appeared before the National Commission for Women in connection with a controversy surrounding the song 'Sarke Chunar' and apologised, saying there was "no intention to offend anybody."
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Fatehi said she had been put in a situation unintentionally but acknowledged her responsibility as an artist.
"It was just a situation that I was put in, and there was no intention to offend anybody. But of course, I have to be responsible as an artiste. I definitely apologise, we have done everything in writing. They have been so kind and helpful," she said.
The actor also said she has decided to sponsor the education of a few orphan girls.
"It's really important for us to give back to society. So, I decided that we should sponsor a few orphan girls, their education, so that is the goal after this matter," she said.
Earlier, Fatehi distanced herself from the Hindi version of the song, saying she had shot the Kannada version and that her permission was not taken for its use in Hindi.
The Hindi version of the song, released on March 15 on YouTube, triggered outrage among a section of the public over its allegedly explicit lyrics.
Following the backlash, the makers removed the Hindi version from YouTube, though it continued to circulate across platforms. The lyricist, singer and director have also issued apologies.
'KD The Devil' is a Kannada film, dubbed in four languages, including Hindi.
