Stop 'sabka saath sabka vikas': Suvendu calls for dissolving of BJP minority wing

West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has called for the dissolution of the party's minority wing. He said that it was time to stop the slogan of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas". This slogan was given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

Speaking at the BJP state executive meeting in Kolkata, Adhikari coined a new slogan of 'Jo Hamare Saath, Hum Unke Saath' (Those who are with us, we are with them) for the party to move forward following its debacle in the Lok Sabha election and subsequent bypolls to four Assembly seats.

Suvendu's remark comes as an analysis of voting patterns showed that the minority community emerged as a major hindrance to the BJP's target of winning 30 of Bengal's 42 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP won just 12 seats, down from the 18 it won in the previous polls.

However, the BJP leader later issued a clarification. "My statement is being taken out of context. I am clear that those who are Nationalists, stand for this Nation and Bengal, we should be with them. Those who don’t stand with us, work against the interest of Nation and Bengal, we need to expose them. Also, like Mamata Banerjee, we shouldn’t divide people in majority and minority and see them as Indians. I embody in letter and spirit, Prime Minister’s call for Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas," he wrote on X.