MUMBAI: Shiv Sena Executive President
Uddhav Thackeray Wednesday hit out at the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind for issuing fatwa
against singing Vande Mataram saying that those who oppose the national song
should go to Pakistan.
In a statement issued here, Thackeray said
that the fatwa was issued in the presence of Union home minister P Chidambaram
which shows that the Centre has indulged into minority appeasement.
"If anti-national fatwas are issued in the presence of the Union
home minister then there is no future for this country. It looks like the Centre
has a policy of Muslim appeasement for votes," the Sena leader alleged.
He said Vande Mataram is not just two words but a flame to invoke
nationalism. "If you don't want to salute the motherland, then whom do you
salute? What is the shame in saluting Bharatmata? Those who don't want to salute
Bharatmata should go to Pakistan, Bangladesh. There is no place for such
traitors in India," Thackeray said.
He asked his party members to
put up 'Vande Mataram' boards all over Maharashtra. Such fatwas create tensions
between Hindus and Muslims, he added.
