Everyone born in India must say 'Bharat Mata ki Jai': BJP neta

April 08, 2016 02:10

Stirring a controversy, BJP leader and Chhattisgarh minister Brijmohan Agrawal has said his party workers are capable of "breaking jaws of anti-national elements" who raise slogans against the country and demanded

that those who are born in India chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.

"Even after 69 years of independence, anti-India slogans are being raised in the country. If anyone raises anti-country slogans in front of our workers, they (BJP workers) should reply them with full power," the Agriculture and Water Resources Minister purportedly said at a function, marking the BJP's 36th foundation year at the party office in Raipur on Wednesday.

In a purported video clipping of the event, Agrawal said those who are born in India and consume the country's food and water should chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.

In an apparent reference to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his visit to JNU in the wake of a row, he said, "It is unfortunate for the country that a leader of a big political party supported them. It is needed to tell those who raise anti-national slogans (that) we are capable of breaking their jaws."

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