Nothing wrong in not reciting Vande Mataram: Athawale
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has said that there was nothing wrong if one didn?t recite the national song ?Vande Mataram.? Athawale added that the issue of the national song was being brought out to cause feud among communities. The Madras High Court recently made singing ?Vande Mataram? compulsory once a week in government schools, colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu.
Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said there was nothing wrong if one didn?t recite the national song ?Vande Mataram.?Athawale, the leader of Republican Party of India (A), said the issue of the national song was being brought out deliberately to cause feud among communities.?Everybody should recite Vande Mataram, but if it is not recited what will go wrong?? he asked, while addressing the Maharashtra Gramin Patrakar Sangh?s 11th anniversary at Kalyan near Thane on Monday.?If one does not recite Vande Mataram nothing is wrong in that,? said the minister of state for social justice and empowerment.The Madras high court recently made singing ?Vande Mataram? compulsory in all government schools, colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu at least once a week.A BJP MLA in Maharashtra recently demanded the implementation of the ruling in schools and colleges of the state, sparking a political slugfest with legislators of some other parties opposing any such move.