BJP councillors want Vande Mataram to be sung at Allahabad Nagar Nigam

BJP councillors put forth a proposal for making it mandatory for every municipal corporation members to sing national song before house proceedings.

A week after a group of Muslim councillors who left the Meerut Municipal Corporation House as soon as other members started singing Vande Mataram, BJP councillors at the Allahabad Nagar Nigam on Thursday demanded that a new rule be passed under which the House proceedings would start with the national song Vande Matram and end with the national anthem Jana Gana Mana.

However, some councillors objected to the proposal and it led to ruckus and disruption of the proceedings of the House.

Last week, in the Meerut Municipal Corporation, a group of Muslim corporators walked out as other members started singing Vande Mataram.

However, a proposal was also put forth by mayor Harikant Ahluwalia of the BJP making it clear that any members opposing Vande Mataram will not be welcome in the House.

The Muslim members, however, said they will continue to boycott Vande Mataram "as the Sharia law does not allow them to sing it and that they will move court over the issue if necessary".

OneIndia News (with PTI inputs)