Jamiat's opposition to Vande Mataram stirs political row

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 20:09

Tags: Vande Mataram, Jamiat, Chidambaram

New Delhi/Mumbai: The call by a top Muslim body to members of the community not to recite 'Vande Mataram' fuelled a political row on Wednesday with Shiv Sena saying those opposed to the national song should go to Pakistan.

The Congress said the issue of Vande Mataram is a sensitive one and urged political leaders not to rake up a controversy, a day after Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind in a resolution endorsed a decree by a prominent Islamic seminary at Deoband in Uttar Pradesh against the recital of "Vande Mataram".

"This is a very sensitive issue. It is our national song. And there are also religious sentiments attached with people. Keeping in mind all these facts, the issue should not be made controversial," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad said.

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray in hard hitting remarks said, "If you don't want to salute your motherland, then who do you salute? What is the shame in saluting Bharat Mata? Those who do not want to salute Bharat Mata should go to Pakistan or Bangladesh. There is no place for such traitors in India."

Stating that such decrees created tensions between Hindus and Muslims, he asked Shiv Sainiks to counter the call and put up "Vande Mataram" boards all over Maharashtra.

Samajwadi Party said BJP should not politicise the issue as Muslims had "religious compulsions" against reciting the national song.

"We should find a middle path. Muslims are not against Vande Mataram but have religious compulsions against singing it," SP general secretary Amar Singh said.

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy said Muslims should denounce the resolution while VHP leader Praveen Togadia said it was anti-national.

Bureau Report

First Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 20:09

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Uma Bajpaee - Katni
O what a stupid reaction from opposition or nervous demand to go Pakistan to all Indian Muslim. It’s a cheapest stunt. This point of time it gave impression that Mr. Jaswant Sing is correct in his book that partition was a pre planned to play game 100 years in the name of Pakistan or partition. Why no one appreciating Jamat-ululma-e Hind for allowing and giving stage at there venue to Baba Ram Dev to recite Hindu ashlok and perform yoga? Keep in mind Malaysia ban yoga (with ashlok) for Muslim. I think Muslims are true from heart so they said what they do, few line not as per there faith so can’t recite but they love India as any other Indian. What about Hindus who salute mother land India/ take oath in parliament and then after cheat with mother India? 100s of history sheeted/criminal MP and MLA each time taking oath in mother India’s temple: parliament or assemblies with reciting national anthem and after 5 years we found they are now big cheater/criminal, so where those Hindus should go?

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Aum - usa
These anti national congressee chidambaram should go to pakistan and stay there and leak their ass as they do that for years if muslims do not want to sing national song then nobody stops them from going to their holly country which gives shelter to criminals terrorists and sub humans ,now to be terrorist is islamic?? to kill people is it islamic??? is kasab and his mantors is islamic??is pakistan as a country and pakistanees who allows terrorism for years is that islamic?? deobandh can see that? can they pass resolution to condemn this criminal activities and pass fatva against it? can muslim pass fatva that any muslim who supports saparation of kashmir from INDIA is un islamic??? Do they have courage to do that ? or they just have time and resources just to issue fatva against vande matram??? MUSLIMS SHOULS BE PART OF INDIA AND NOT APART WE ARE ALL INDIANS AND IF THEY WANT TO BE APART THEY SHOULD GO TO THEIR MANTORS IN PAKISTAN REALISE THAT THIS IS INDIA AND MAJORTY HINDUS ARE TOLARANT AND INCLUSIVE PEOPLE LOOK AT HINDUS IN PAKISTAN IN INDIA THEY mUSIMS INCREASE THERE HINDUS DECREASE HWY???? DO DEOBAND FATVA ISSUING BODY HAVE ANSWER???? INSTEADING ADOPTING THESE KIND OF FATVA THIS BODY SHOULD ISSUE FATVA FOR BETTERMENT OF THEIR PEOPLE VANDE MATRAM AUM