Minister’s Call For ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ In Kerala Met With Unexpected Response

At a youth conclave on Saturday, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi lashed out at some attendees for not chanting the “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” slogan despite her repeated requests for them to do so.

Visibly Furious Meenakshi Lekhi asked them, Whether or not Bharat was their mother. On non-compliance to the request she even asked a woman, who was reluctant to raise the slogan to leave the venue.

According to sources, the conclave was organized by certain right-wing outfits.

When Meenakshi Lekhi concluded her speech she shouted “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and asked the audience to repeat.

The response that came from the audience was not what she expected to which she asked whether Bharat was not their home.

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“Is Bharat only my mother or your mother as well? Tell me…Tell me…Is there any doubt? No doubt?… Enthusiasm needs to be expressed,” the Union Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture said.

She repeated the slogan and said that the response from the left-side audience was still poor.

Pointing at a woman in the audience, Meenakshi Lekhi said, “The lady in yellow (dress) can stand up. Don’t look at the sides. This is how I am going to speak to you. I am going to ask you a straight question. Bharat is not your mother?… Why this attitude?” Meenakshi Lekhi again chanted Bharat Mata Ki Jai. The woman was still standing idle, doing nothing.

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She further added, “I think you should leave the house.”

Expressing her anger she said that someone who is not proud of being a part of the nation and if someone finds it embarrassing to speak about India, need not be part of the youth conclave.