<p>Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said those opposing Vande Mataram are "opposing Mother India", asserting that the national song is not associated with any particular form of worship.</p><p>Adityanath was in Barabanki to participate in the launch of the 'National Unity Yatra' in Kursi assembly constituency as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 254 development projects worth Rs 1,734 crore in Barabanki.</p><p>Speaking on the occasion, he asked his audience to recognise faces who stand in the front of the queues to grab the government schemes but do not sing Vande Mataram.</p><p>He said, "Anyone who is opposing Vande Mataram is opposing Mother India. Vande Mataram does not belong to any person, any caste or region. The song does not link a person with any particular form of worship; it just shows reverence to 'Bharat Mata'."</p>.Must ensure no new Jinnah ever rises again in India: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.<p>"Recognise these faces who stand in the front of the queue to grab government schemes but they won't sing Vande Mataram," Adityanath said.</p><p>He added, "We have derived the strength to take Bharat and Bharatiyata (Indianness) ahead by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Laxmi and Goddess Durga."</p><p>"Be it any religion, caste or creed, it cannot be greater than the nation. Remember, that for us, the nation has to be first. If the nation is secured, then we are secured. If the nation is united, we are united," Adityanath said.</p><p>This comes a day after Adityanath said that singing the 'Vande Mataram' will be made compulsory in every school and educational institution of the state.</p><p>Debate over India's national song rekindled last week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after inaugurating the year-long commemoration of 150 years of Vande Mataram that dropping key stanzas in 1937 had "sown the seeds of Partition".</p><p>Penned by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875, Vande Mataram was officially adopted as India's national song by the Constituent Assembly on January 24, 1950.</p>.India emerging as a major global power: CM Yogi Adityanath.<p>Adityanath also said the politics of caste, dynasty and regionalism and division in the name of religion should not be accepted.</p><p>History, he said, is not only meant for studying but it also gives an opportunity for introspection. "We should rectify the mistakes of history at the earliest" and make the future beautiful by taking inspiration from moments of pride in history, he added.</p><p>"We urge every citizen to strengthen nationalism by embracing Vande Mataram," Adityanath said.</p><p>He lamented that the song, which was sung by revolutionaries on their way to the gallows and which embodies India's unity and integrity, was being opposed now.</p><p>"It is unfortunate that some still oppose this song. Such opposition has no place in our society," he said.</p>
<p>Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said those opposing Vande Mataram are "opposing Mother India", asserting that the national song is not associated with any particular form of worship.</p><p>Adityanath was in Barabanki to participate in the launch of the 'National Unity Yatra' in Kursi assembly constituency as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 254 development projects worth Rs 1,734 crore in Barabanki.</p><p>Speaking on the occasion, he asked his audience to recognise faces who stand in the front of the queues to grab the government schemes but do not sing Vande Mataram.</p><p>He said, "Anyone who is opposing Vande Mataram is opposing Mother India. Vande Mataram does not belong to any person, any caste or region. The song does not link a person with any particular form of worship; it just shows reverence to 'Bharat Mata'."</p>.Must ensure no new Jinnah ever rises again in India: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.<p>"Recognise these faces who stand in the front of the queue to grab government schemes but they won't sing Vande Mataram," Adityanath said.</p><p>He added, "We have derived the strength to take Bharat and Bharatiyata (Indianness) ahead by worshipping Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Laxmi and Goddess Durga."</p><p>"Be it any religion, caste or creed, it cannot be greater than the nation. Remember, that for us, the nation has to be first. If the nation is secured, then we are secured. If the nation is united, we are united," Adityanath said.</p><p>This comes a day after Adityanath said that singing the 'Vande Mataram' will be made compulsory in every school and educational institution of the state.</p><p>Debate over India's national song rekindled last week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after inaugurating the year-long commemoration of 150 years of Vande Mataram that dropping key stanzas in 1937 had "sown the seeds of Partition".</p><p>Penned by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1875, Vande Mataram was officially adopted as India's national song by the Constituent Assembly on January 24, 1950.</p>.India emerging as a major global power: CM Yogi Adityanath.<p>Adityanath also said the politics of caste, dynasty and regionalism and division in the name of religion should not be accepted.</p><p>History, he said, is not only meant for studying but it also gives an opportunity for introspection. "We should rectify the mistakes of history at the earliest" and make the future beautiful by taking inspiration from moments of pride in history, he added.</p><p>"We urge every citizen to strengthen nationalism by embracing Vande Mataram," Adityanath said.</p><p>He lamented that the song, which was sung by revolutionaries on their way to the gallows and which embodies India's unity and integrity, was being opposed now.</p><p>"It is unfortunate that some still oppose this song. Such opposition has no place in our society," he said.</p>