01-13-2009, 05:20 PM
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New Delhi, Jan 12: Former UN under-secretary general Mr Shashi Tharoor showed disrespect to India's national anthem by interrupting when it was being sung at an event in Kerala last month, a rights group alleged today and said it would move court against him.
âTharoor insulted our national anthem in the presence of the district collector and some senior civil service officials at a function at a star hotel in Kochi 16 December,â said Mr Joy Kaitharam, general secretary of the State Human Rights Protection Centre.
"We are going to file a case against Tharoor for interrupting the national anthem for 10 seconds when it was being sung and urging about 2,000-odd audience to stand in 'the US style',â Mr Kaitharam told IANS by telephone from Kochi.
âAfter interrupting the national anthem, <b>Tharoor urged the audience not to stand in attention like the traditional Indian style as it is an imitation of the British style and asked them to place their hand on chest and look upward the way Americans do when they sing the Star Spangled Banner,â Mr Kaitharam said. </b>
Mr Tharoor could not be contacted for his comments.
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He deserve Bharat Ratna now.
New Delhi, Jan 12: Former UN under-secretary general Mr Shashi Tharoor showed disrespect to India's national anthem by interrupting when it was being sung at an event in Kerala last month, a rights group alleged today and said it would move court against him.
âTharoor insulted our national anthem in the presence of the district collector and some senior civil service officials at a function at a star hotel in Kochi 16 December,â said Mr Joy Kaitharam, general secretary of the State Human Rights Protection Centre.
"We are going to file a case against Tharoor for interrupting the national anthem for 10 seconds when it was being sung and urging about 2,000-odd audience to stand in 'the US style',â Mr Kaitharam told IANS by telephone from Kochi.
âAfter interrupting the national anthem, <b>Tharoor urged the audience not to stand in attention like the traditional Indian style as it is an imitation of the British style and asked them to place their hand on chest and look upward the way Americans do when they sing the Star Spangled Banner,â Mr Kaitharam said. </b>
Mr Tharoor could not be contacted for his comments.
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He deserve Bharat Ratna now.