Today's Breaking – Maharashtra CM says’Those Who Can’t Praise ‘Bharat Mata’ Should Leave this Country

16.4.16

Today's Breaking – Maharashtra CM says’Those Who Can’t Praise ‘Bharat Mata’ Should Leave this Country: 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”.

Speaking at a BJP workers’ rally in Nashik, the Chief Minister said, “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.”

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)’.”