Anyone who doesn’t say ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ is anti-national: RSS

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Asked if one could be called a “traitor” for not chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’, Hosabale said, “Of course, he is an anti-national… All the political leaders except Owaisi’s party opposed what he said.”

“If someone says he/ she does not want to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ at all, you are not allowing others also to chant the slogan… If anybody says so, he is anti-national,” said Hosabale.

He said ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ are not RSS slogans, but were coined during the freedom struggle. While it is not required to chant these slogals all the time, “there is nothing wrong in saying it,” he said.

Denying claims that the RSS was “remote-controlling” the BJP government, he said it merely sends “signals” to the government. “There is no control, but certainly remote is there. Remote is there, signal is there. RSS does not have any remote control on BJP or any other political party,” said Hosabale.