Key Points
There was uproar in the Maharashtra legislative Assembly on Wednesday with several MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a protest over remarks on Vande Mataram by Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi..
"...We can't bow our heads to Vande Mataram because we believe in one Allah...," Abu Azmi said...
The BJP slammed the Opposition alliance, of which the Samajwadi Party is a member, and asked its leaders to clarify their stand on the Vande Mataram issue...
Speaking to reporters outside the Maharashtra assembly, he said, "I respect Vande Mantram but I can't read it because my religion says we can't bow down to anyone except Allah"...
"Samajwadi party is a part of I.N.D.I.A...& its MLA says in the Maharashtra assembly that I will not say Vande Mataram, it is against my religion..
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