Now, Haryana minister questions word 'adhinayak' in National Anthem
Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Saturday questioned the presence of word 'adhinayak' in the national anthem, insisting it was like praising a dictator.
"Adhinayaka ka matlab hota hein tanashah (the word adhinayak means a dictator). In democracy, there is no place for a dictator," he said.
On Friday, a Congress MP moved private member's resolution in Rajya Sabha seeking amendment of the national anthem.
"North
East
is
an
important
part
of
India,
it
is
unfortunate
that
it
is
not
part
of
the
national
anthem.
On
other
hand,
Sindh
is
mentioned,
which
is
no
longer
part
of
India
but
part
of
Pakistan,
which
is
a
hostile
country," Ripun
Bora
said
after
he
moved
the
private
member's
resolution
in
the
Upper
House
today.
Bora said since the then President had said the national anthem could be amended, it should be done now to replace the word "Sindh' with the word "Northeast".
In 2015, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had recently demanded removal of the word from the national anthem and suggested that it be replaced with 'mangal' (happiness).
He had contended that the word 'adhinayak' in the anthem was meant to extol the then "Angreji Shashak".
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