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Publication: Rediff on Net
Date: August 23, 2002
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/22maha.htm
Maharashtra State Minorities Commission
chairman Ameen Khandwani on Thursday said recital of the national song
Vande Mataram should not be made compulsory for Muslims.
Khandwani, however, insisted that
he has full respect for the national song, which he said was about worshipping
the motherland.
His statement came when his views
were sought by reporters in Mumbai on the opposition to recital of the
national song in Malegaon and Bhiwandi civic bodies.
The opposition Shiv Sena-BJP combine
had vehemently raised the issue in the just concluded monsoon session of
the Maharashtra legislature.
