09-27-2006, 04:56 AM
<b>BJP to make Vande Mataram fundamental duty if voted to power</b>
newkerala.com
September 26, 2006
New Delhi, Sep 25: The BJP today said if voted to power at the Centre it would
carry out constitutional amendments to incorporate singing of Vande Mataram as
a fundamental duty of citizens.
"If voted to power at the Centre, we will amend Article 51-A to include singing
of Vande Mataram as one of the fundamental duties of every citizen," party
chief Rajnath Singh, who had announced that BJP would mandate the singing of
the national song in Uttar Pradesh schools if it formed the next government in
the state, said here.
Singh, whose party launched its nationwide Vande Mataram campaign symbolising
its original Hindutva and nationalist ideology, told a public meeting that the
national song would be placed alongside the national anthem in Article 51 in
the event of the BJP coming to power at the Centre.
"Those who cannot respect the national song have no right to live in India," he
remarked.
The BJP leader flayed Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh for their absence at a September 7 event commemorating the national
song.
He insisted that there was a last-minute change in the venue for the programme,
which he claimed was originally planned at the AICC office here.
"To my information, a podium was set up at 24, Akbar Road but was shifted to the
Sewa Dal office for that event," he said.
The BJP leader, who blamed the Congress for the 1947 partition, also attacked
the Prime Minister over the proposed joint anti-terror mechanism ,saying no
CBMs should be carried out with Pakistan until it dismantles terror outfits in
its territory.
newkerala.com
September 26, 2006
New Delhi, Sep 25: The BJP today said if voted to power at the Centre it would
carry out constitutional amendments to incorporate singing of Vande Mataram as
a fundamental duty of citizens.
"If voted to power at the Centre, we will amend Article 51-A to include singing
of Vande Mataram as one of the fundamental duties of every citizen," party
chief Rajnath Singh, who had announced that BJP would mandate the singing of
the national song in Uttar Pradesh schools if it formed the next government in
the state, said here.
Singh, whose party launched its nationwide Vande Mataram campaign symbolising
its original Hindutva and nationalist ideology, told a public meeting that the
national song would be placed alongside the national anthem in Article 51 in
the event of the BJP coming to power at the Centre.
"Those who cannot respect the national song have no right to live in India," he
remarked.
The BJP leader flayed Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh for their absence at a September 7 event commemorating the national
song.
He insisted that there was a last-minute change in the venue for the programme,
which he claimed was originally planned at the AICC office here.
"To my information, a podium was set up at 24, Akbar Road but was shifted to the
Sewa Dal office for that event," he said.
The BJP leader, who blamed the Congress for the 1947 partition, also attacked
the Prime Minister over the proposed joint anti-terror mechanism ,saying no
CBMs should be carried out with Pakistan until it dismantles terror outfits in
its territory.