Lodha announces ‘Vande Mataram’ singing outside Congress, SP MLAs’ homes

Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai

Mumbai, Nov 4: Maharashtra Minister for Skill Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Monday announced that group singing of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ will be organised outside the residences of Congress and Samajwadi Party MLAs—Aslam Shaikh, Amin Patel, and Abu Azmi—who, he alleged, had either opposed or disrespected national sentiments in the past.

Lodha recalled that Congress leaders Amin Patel and Aslam Shaikh had earlier written to the President of India seeking clemency for Yakub Memon, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, while Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi had recently opposed the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’, a song that pays tribute to the motherland.

As ‘Vande Mataram’ completes 150 years on November 7, the state government has la