Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday slammed Sharmila Tagore over her remarks on ‘Vande Mataram’, referring to the naming of a member of her family after Taimur. “Sharmila Tagore’s family had named their descendants after the foreign invader and cruel temple-looter Taimur. Taimur had also forced people to change religion and also raped several women. Hence, it is natural for her to object to singing the full song of Vande Mataram. She should not speak about Vande Mataram,” said Bhattacharya.
Sharmila Tagore’s Remarks
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has said that the nation should stick to only the first two stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’, as according to her people who believe in ‘one God’ may not be comfortable in singing the entire song as the song has mention of ‘many Gods’.
