Police complain against Mamata Banerjee for ‘insulting national anthem’ in Mumbai

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Police complain against Mamata Banerjee for ‘insulting national anthem’ in Mumbai

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Vivekanand Gupta, a BJP leader in Mumbai has filed a complaint against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The complaint was for allegedly singing the national anthem while being seated and ‘abruptly stopping after four or five verses’ according to a report by news agency ANI.
Vivekanand Gupta who filed the complaint tweeted “My Police complaint to @CPMumbaiPolice to register FIR against #MamataBanerjee for showing utter disrespect to National Anthem. It’s an offense under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 and @HMOIndia order of 2015.”
On Wednesday she addressed a press conference, during which she sang the national anthem, but stopped midway and concluded by saying “Jai Maharashtra Jai Bengal Jai Bharat”
Amit Malviya tweeted about the matter “Our national anthem is one of the most powerful manifestations of our national identity. The least people holding public office can do is not demean it. Here is a mutilated version of our national anthem sung by Bengal CM. Is India’s opposition so bereft of pride and patriotism?”

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