After several leaders of the Opposition and a few from the Mahayuti alliance criticised the slogan, Ajit Pawar also joined the brigade and slammed it showing that he did not endorse it. Fadnavis on the other hand continued to back it saying that there is nothing wrong with it.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's controversial 'batenge toh katenge' slogan

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has reacted to another Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's remakrs that there is no place for Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's slogan 'Batenge to katenge' in the state.

The ‘Batenge To Katenge’ slogan was given by UP CM Yogi Adityanath while speaking at a campaign rally in Maharashtra

With less than a week left for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, the opposing views of the state's two Deputy Chief Ministers—Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar—on the slogan ‘batenge to katenge’ have sparked speculations about a division within the Mahayuti Alliance.

Once again on Friday, Ajit Pawar – the nephew of Sharad Pawar – maintained his stand over the “batenge toh katenge" slogan, saying that he would not support such ideas.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's clarion call for unity among Hindus with the slogan 'Katenge to Batenge' has saprked a divide with the Maha Yuti Alliance in Maharashtra.

On Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's remark "there is no place for UP CM Yogi Adityanath's 'batenge toh katenge' slogan Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said that there is no secularism among people who call themselves secularists.