Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has said that there was nothing wrong if one did not recite the national song 'Vande Mataram.' <br/><br/>He said, the issue of the national song was being brought out deliberately to cause feud among communities. He went on say that everybody should recite Vande Mataram, but questioned what will go wrong if it is not recited. The Minister was speaking at Maharashtra Gramin Patrakar Sangh's 11th anniversary at Kalyan near Mumbai yesterday.<br/>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. <br/><br/>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.
News On AIR | August 1, 2017 2:39 PM
Nothing wrong if one doesn't recite Vande Mataram: Ramdas Athawale