Owaisi Opposes Statutory Defense for ‘Vande Mataram’
Hyderabad: AIMIM Head Of State Asaduddin Owaisi has actually articulated strong arguments to the Union Cabinet’s choice to provide ‘Vande Mataram’ legal protection equivalent to the national anthem.
- Owaisi argues ‘Vande Mataram’ is an ode to a goddess, conflicting with India’s secular principles.
- He stated that the country does not run in the name of a god or goddess and it does not belong to one god or siren.
- He cited historical figures that supposedly turned down the track.
Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao slammed Owaisi’s position, implicating AIMIM of checking out social assimilation as a danger to religious exclusivism and national communication. The Union Closet’s decision intends to modify the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, making obstruction of ‘Vande Mataram’ a punishable offense.
