New Delhi: The BJP has said if voted to power at the Centre, it would carry out constitutional amendments to incorporate singing of Vande Mataram as a fundamental duty of citizens.
"If voted to power at the Centre, we will amend Article 51-A to include singing of Vande Mataram as one of the fundamental duties of every citizen," party chief Rajnath Singh, who had announced that BJP would mandate the singing of the national song in Uttar Pradesh schools if it formed the next government in the state, said.
Singh, whose party launched its nationwide Vande Mataram campaign symbolising its original Hindutva and nationalist ideology, told a public meeting that the national song would be placed alongside the national anthem in Article 51 in the event of the BJP coming to power at the Centre.
"Those who cannot respect the national song have no right to live in India," he remarked. The BJP leader flayed Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for their absence at a September 7 event commemorating the national song.
He insisted that there was a last-minute change in the venue for the programme, which he claimed was originally planned at the AICC office here. "To my information, a podium was set up at 24, Akbar Road but was shifted to the Sewa Dal office for that event," he
said.
The BJP leader, who blamed the Congress for the 1947 Partition, also attacked the Prime Minister over the proposed joint anti-terror mechanism, saying no CBMs should be carried out with Pakistan until it dismantles terror outfits in its territory.
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