Those who cannot sing "Vande Mataram" should go to Pakistan or Bangladesh

by SatbirSinghBedi, November 5, 2009 08:38

Kind attention is invited to the following news item of PTI:

"Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray Wednesday hit out at the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind for issuing fatwa against singing Vande Mataram saying that those who oppose the national song should go to Pakistan.

Thackeray said that the fatwa was issued in the presence of Union home minister P Chidambaram which shows that the Centre has indulged into minority appeasement.

"If anti-national fatwas are issued in the presence of the Union home minister then there is no future for this country. It looks like the Centre has a policy of Muslim appeasement for votes," the Sena leader alleged.

He said Vande Mataram is not just two words but a flame to invoke nationalism. "If you don't want to salute the motherland, then whom do you salute? What is the shame in saluting Bharatmata? Those who don't want to salute Bharatmata should go to Pakistan, Bangladesh. There is no place for such traitors in India," Thackeray said.

He asked his party members to put up 'Vande Mataram' boards all over Maharashtra. Such fatwas create tensions between Hindus and Muslims, he added."

It is not clear which part of the national song "Vande Mataram" offends Muslims. Since it is a national song, it has to be sung by every Indian and I agree with Mr. Thackeray that those who cannot sing this song should go to either Pakistan or Bangladesh. In fact, those who did not go to Pakistan at the time of partition were supposed to be nationalists

and therefore, they should not have any hesitation in singing "Vande Mataram".

Satbir Singh Bedi

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Total Comments : 5

Sasikala says:

"Vande Mataram" is a only a poem like any other poems written by several talented poets. We unnecessary waste our time and energy debating on this silly issue. If one tries to resist it persists.....

November 5, 10:35 AM

SatbirSinghBedi says:

"Vand Mataram" is not an ordinary poem.  It is a national song and disrespect to a national song cannot be a silly issue.  It is a very serious matter of national self respect.

November 5, 11:31 AM

Busybee says:

Not singing a song is disrespect ?  

Imo if they have any problem in worshipping or praising any other entity then Allah, then they always have the choice to keep quiet. 

A fatwa 'against' it was not required..it appears like defiance.

November 5, 17:05 PM

Sasikala says:

Quote from Samachar.com
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Hyderabad, November 6: Amidst controversy over a top Muslim body asking community members not to recite Vande Mataram, Union Minister Salman Khurshid said singing the national song was not objectionable.

It was unfortunate that the song became controversial 50 years after it was made as national song, the minister said at a function in Hyderabad.


The issue of the song was resolved 50 years ago and could not be reviewed once again. Some great leaders including that of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind sat together and resolved that some stanzas of 'Vande Mataram' would be treated as the national song, the minister said.


Khurshid also defended Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, saying that Chidambaram was not present when the JUH passed resolution at its 30th general session in Deoband on Tuesday, asking Muslims not to recite Vande Mataram.

November 6, 14:40 PM

lostpatrol says:

The tussle to claim ownership of Indian Muslim community is not new. It goes back several hundred years. of the two factions, the modern and forward looking will 'eventually' come up on top over the other: the puritanical and backward looking.  
The only Q is when is 'eventual'?

November 6, 15:24 PM

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