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Modi greeted with Bharat Mata Ki Jai slogans at World Sufi Forum
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by loud chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Hail to the Mother India) at the inaugural World Sufi Forum in New Delhi today.
The greeting to the prime minister by a predominantly Muslim audience comes in the backdrop of a bitter row over the slogan, triggered by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment that the young generation should be taught to praise Mother India.
In protest, All India Muslim Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said he cannot be forced to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai to prove his patriotism.
"I don't chant that slogan. What are you going to do, (Mohan) Bhagwat sahab," the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad said, adding "I won't utter that (slogan) even if you put a knife to my throat".
On Wednesday, MIM legislator Waris Pathan was suspended from the Maharashtra Assembly when he followed his boss and refused to raise the slogan in the House.
"We will say Jai Hind but not Bharat Mata Ki Jai as there was no compulsion on this nor did the Constitution say it," Pathan said in the Assembly after being asked by a Shiv Sena MLA to say it.
This outraged other members across all parties, including the Congress, who demanded Pathan's suspension for what they termed an "insult" to the motherland, violation of parliamentary tradition and misuse of freedom of speech. He was promptly suspended by the Speaker.
It was in this backdrop that Modi addressed the crowd at the World Sufi Forum today. "Welcome to a land that is a timeless fountain of peace and an ancient source of traditions and faiths," he said in his opening remarks.
"This is an assembly of those whose lives itself is a message of peace, tolerance and love," Modi said, adding that the people may have come from different lands and cultures, but are "united by a common faith".
@Levina @Mentee @Spring Onion @jamahir @ranjeet
I am wondering if modi forced them to chant Bharat mata ki jai or by chanting it these sufis became any less Muslims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by loud chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Hail to the Mother India) at the inaugural World Sufi Forum in New Delhi today.
The greeting to the prime minister by a predominantly Muslim audience comes in the backdrop of a bitter row over the slogan, triggered by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment that the young generation should be taught to praise Mother India.
In protest, All India Muslim Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said he cannot be forced to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai to prove his patriotism.
"I don't chant that slogan. What are you going to do, (Mohan) Bhagwat sahab," the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad said, adding "I won't utter that (slogan) even if you put a knife to my throat".
On Wednesday, MIM legislator Waris Pathan was suspended from the Maharashtra Assembly when he followed his boss and refused to raise the slogan in the House.
"We will say Jai Hind but not Bharat Mata Ki Jai as there was no compulsion on this nor did the Constitution say it," Pathan said in the Assembly after being asked by a Shiv Sena MLA to say it.
This outraged other members across all parties, including the Congress, who demanded Pathan's suspension for what they termed an "insult" to the motherland, violation of parliamentary tradition and misuse of freedom of speech. He was promptly suspended by the Speaker.
It was in this backdrop that Modi addressed the crowd at the World Sufi Forum today. "Welcome to a land that is a timeless fountain of peace and an ancient source of traditions and faiths," he said in his opening remarks.
"This is an assembly of those whose lives itself is a message of peace, tolerance and love," Modi said, adding that the people may have come from different lands and cultures, but are "united by a common faith".
@Levina @Mentee @Spring Onion @jamahir @ranjeet
I am wondering if modi forced them to chant Bharat mata ki jai or by chanting it these sufis became any less Muslims
