Lucknow, Oct. 31 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday called for collective efforts to counter casteism, regionalism and linguistic divisions, asserting that forces seeking to divide society is a threat to national unity.
Addressing a programme marking the 151st birth anniversary of India's first deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Adityanath said those who considered Muhammad Ali Jinnah an ideal could not claim to follow Patel's legacy.
"National unity is endangered when society is fragmented along caste, regional, and linguistic lines. Just as a weakened immune system leaves the human body vulnerable to disease, Jaativaad (casteism), Kshetravaad (regionalism), and Bhashavaad (linguistic divisions) weak...