The 'batenge to katenge' slogan - a contentious slogan voiced by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders ahead of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections - "signifies unity and not division", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told NDTV in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
Mr Gadkari told NDTV the slogan reflects the BJP's "resolve to rise above sect, religion, or language". " We are all Indians... united in the fight against terrorism. This (the slogan) is not a communal idea... nor is it targeted at the Muslim or any minority community," he said.