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Nothing Wrong In Singing Tagore Song, Says Cong
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Wednesday ordered constabulary to record treason charges against Congress members successful Sribhumi territory aft a video showed a elder enactment functionary singing Bangladesh's nationalist anthem astatine a gathering Monday.Sarma condemned the enactment arsenic a "grave insult to nationalist sentiments". "The anthem was sung with the reverence reserved for India's own," helium said Wednesday.The enactment erupted aft Congress functionary Bidhu Bhushan Das sang "Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami Tomay Bhalobasi" during a Congress Seva Dal meeting. The opus was written by Rabindranath Tagore successful 1905 during the Swadeshi question opposing Bengal's archetypal partition nether British rule.
It was adopted by Bangladesh arsenic its nationalist anthem successful 1971.Sarma linked the occurrence to what helium described arsenic the neighbouring country's increasing "Greater Bangladesh" communicative and portion of a "Pakistan-backed project". The CM cited a caller lawsuit successful Dhaka wherever Bangladesh's interim main advisor Mohammed Yunus talented a publication "Art of Triumph" to Pakistan's associated chiefs of unit committee president Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza.
The screen featured an abstract representation that appeared to see the northeast."Instead of taking action, Gaurav Gogoi seems softly pleased," Sarma said. Congress lawman person successful Lok Sabha Gogoi defended the song's use, saying it predated Bangladesh's independency and represented Bengal's affectional identity. "BJP IT cell's outrage lone reveals its ignorance of Tagore's legacy," helium said. Gogoi alleged BJP routinely disrespected Bengali connection and civilization portion exploiting Bengali-speaking communities for electoral gain.
