Does Congress want to jail Kashmiris: Omar Abdullah on Vande Mataram row

SRINAGAR: Does Congress want more Kashmiris to be jailed?” J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah retorted on Thursday, a day after ally Congress criticised him for the rendition of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram at the inaugural ceremony of International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) on Monday.“It is a statutory obligation. The entire stanza of national song Vande Mataram must be played across the country at the govt events,” the CM said, adding legal action could be taken against those who fail to stand for the full national song.

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<button type="button" class="ZW6JD " disabled="">Post Comment</button></p> <p class="swnca">Be respectful · <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/termsandcondition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gkv0P">TOI community guidelines</a></p> </div> </div> <p><span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="11"/>He accused Congress of politicising the issue. “They (Congress) should have stopped this (the law mandating full rendition of the national song) in Parliament. When Congress comes to power, and I pray the Congress comes to power as soon as possible, they can revoke this in Parliament. Let them do it, we have no objection,” Omar told reporters.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="16"/>Congress MP K C Venugopal triggered the war of words on Wednesday, by asking National Conference to “honour the wisdom and judgement of our freedom fighters” and stand with INDIA bloc in singing only the first two stanzas of the national song.</div> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/does-congress-want-to-jail-kashmiris-omar-abdullah-on-vande-mataram-row/articleshow/134028697.cms">Source link </a></p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f36ac205 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"> <div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:600" class="post-navigation-link-previous wp-block-post-navigation-link"><a href="https://onlinechhattisgarh.com/101527/" rel="prev">Nick Nolte: At 85, former ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Nick Nolte returned to the red carpet after four years for Casey Affleck’s Company, which drew a 4-minute Venice ovation | English Movie News</a></div> <div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:600" class="post-navigation-link-next has-text-align-right wp-block-post-navigation-link"><a href="https://onlinechhattisgarh.com/101531/" rel="next">India’s investment in innovation low, we need to develop our own engine for combat aircraft: Ex-DRDO head Saraswat | India News</a></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-color-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f9a8b426 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border-radius: 12px; padding-top: 30px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px"> <div class="aligncenter wp-block-avatar"><img alt='onlinechhattisgarh.com Avatar' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c123fb5c4953706b87a6dec0d7c9e1e9738895e330f0809593bd0d3e358cbbb7?s=100&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c123fb5c4953706b87a6dec0d7c9e1e9738895e330f0809593bd0d3e358cbbb7?s=200&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo wp-block-avatar__image' height='100' width='100' style="border-radius:100px;" decoding='async'/></div> <div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:capitalize" class="has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-dark-color-color has-medium-font-size">onlinechhattisgarh.com</div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-color-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4846a80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border-radius: 12px; margin-top: var(--wp--preset--spacing--70); padding-top: 24px; padding-right: 24px; padding-bottom: 24px; padding-left: 24px"> <div class="wp-block-comments"> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond wp-block-post-comments-form"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/101529/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://onlinechhattisgarh.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><p class="comment-notes"><span id="email-notes">Your email address will not be published.</span> <span class="required-field-message">Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></span></p><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">Comment <span class="required">*</span></label> <textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525" required>

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