‘Surrendered to extremists’: BJP after Vande Mataram not played at Kerala govt’s Independence Day function

Ke ala
CM
VD
Satheesa
at
I depe de ce
Day
ce emo y

NEW
DELHI:
The
BJP
has
sha ply
c iticised
the
Ke ala
gove me t
afte
atio al
so g

Va de
Mata am
was
ot
su g
at
its
official
I depe de ce
Day
fu ctio ,
accusi g
the
Co g ess-led
U ited
Democ atic
F o t
(UDF)
admi ist atio
of
“succumbi g
to
p essu e
f om
ext emist
o ga isatio s.”Ke ala
BJP
leade
Sho e
Geo ge
accused
chief
mi iste
VD
Satheesa
of
“su e de i g
to
the
dictate
of
Jamaat-e-Islami”,
allegi g
that
the
chief
mi iste
had
mai tai ed
a
“illicit
elatio ship”
with
the
o ga isatio
a d
“a ti-I dia
fo ces”
fo
the
past
yea .”We
we e
co vi ced
of
this.
Because
this
is
ot
ew—fo
the
past
o e
yea ,
the
CM
has
had
a
illicit
elatio ship
with
Jamaat-e-Islami
a d
a ti-I dia
fo ces,
both
ope ly
a d
cove tly
i
Ke ala,”
he
told
epo te s.Refe i g
to
the
Ke ala
Ge e al
Educatio
Depa tme t’s
guideli es,
he
claimed
officials
had
i dicated
that
si gi g
the
atio al
so g
was
ot
ma dato y.“If
a
official
has
issued
such
a
o de ,
make
o
mistake,
that
official
will
face
co seque ces,”
Geo ge
wa ed.Geo ge
also
accused
the
state
gove me t
of
attempti g
to
“commu alise”
the
so g
a d
discou agi g
its
si gi g
i
schools,
claimi g
this
would
“i ject
poiso
i to
you g
child e ‘s
mi ds”.

He
claimed
that
Co g ess
ally
I dia
U io
Muslim
League
is
“co t olli g”
the
Ge e al
Educatio
Depa tme t
a d
“i flue ci g”
the
gove me t’s
positio .Se io
BJP
leade
PK
K ish adas
sepa ately
accused
the
UDF
gove me t
of
havi g
“completely
dis upted”
this
yea ’s
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
a d
alleged
that
it
had
imposed
a
“complete
ba ”
o
Va de
Mata am.

He
also
questio ed
whethe
the
di ective
had
come
f om
“the
hubs
of
Jamaat-e-Islami,
Social
Democ atic
Pa ty
of
I dia,
o
Popula
F o t
of
I dia”.K ish adas
alleged
that
the
state
gove me t
had
“effectively
challe ged”
Pa liame t
a d
the
Co stitutio
by
” est icti g”
the
atio al
so g.
“The efo e,
this
is
ot
just
a ti- atio al,
but
also
u co stitutio al
a d
illegal,”
he
claimed.He
eite ated
that
the
BJP
would
pu sue
both
legal
a d
political
actio
agai st
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
UDF
gove me t’s
“a ti- atio al,
u co stitutio al
sta ce.”(With
PTI
i puts)