Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi slams audience for not chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’

Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Saturday slammed a section of the audience at a youth conclave here for not chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” despite repeated requests to them to do so. slogan.

Leahy, visibly annoyed, asked them if Bharat was not their mother and even advised a woman who was reluctant to raise the slogan to leave the venue.

The secret meeting was organized by certain right-wing groups. At the end of his speech, the senior BJP leader chanted “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and asked the audience to repeat it. As the response from the audience was not as expected, she asked if Barat was not their home.

“Bharat is just my mother or is it your mother? Tell me… tell me… Is there any doubt? No doubt?… Enthusiasm needs to be expressed,” said the Union Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Culture. She repeated the chant and said the reaction from the audience on the left was still poor.

Leahy pointed to a woman in the audience and said: “The lady in yellow can stand up. Don’t look to the side. This is how I want to talk to you. I want to ask you a straightforward question.” Rath is not your mother?…Why this attitude?” Raishi once again shouted “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”. The woman still stood there, doing nothing.

“I think you should leave home,” she said. The minister also made it clear that those who are not proud of the country and feel embarrassed talking about India need not attend youth meetings.

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