The opposition BJP lapped up the issue to whip up passions by accusing the government of indulging in minority appeasement. Demagogues in the BJP cited their age-old slogan, “Desh mein rehna hai to Vande Mataram kehna hoga.” Says BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, “It (singing Vande Mataram) doesn’t preach worshipping a deity but is just an expression of your love for your motherland.” The BJP has surely upped the ante; and the objective? To portray itself as the true nationalistic party while branding others as pseudo-secularists.
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