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Adding fuel into the fire Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked people to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ jai or leave the country. Addressing a rally in Nashik yesterday CM said that those who were unwilling to raise ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ have no right to stay in the country.
“There are crores of people in this country who feel one must say ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and those who can’t praise Bharat Mata don’t have the right to live in this country,” Chief Minister said.
His remarks came a day after India’s largest Islamic seminary ‘Darul Uloom Deoband’ issued a ‘fatwa’ saying Muslims should not say “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
In a statement released on Friday, the seminary said, “We received thousands of queries on the issue so Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ is not in consonance with Islam and we will not say it. But we love our country immensely and we can raise slogans like ‘Hindustan Zindabad’ and ‘Madre Vatan (motherland)’.”
Last month, Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the BJP’s ideological mentor – the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the RSS, had said the youth should be taught to chant slogans in support of the country.