Adilabad, november 07: The BJYM and the BJP on Friday demanded banning of Jamate Ulema-e-Hind for issuing a fatwa against singing of Vande Mataram by Muslims, the national song.
Leaders of BJYM and BJP also demanded booking of cases for treason against the clerics of a UP Deoband who issued the fatwa in question.
At a press conference, here BJP district general secretary Praful Vaze, BJYM district president N. Nagesh, senior leader Dinesh Matolia and others urged political parties not to give the issue communal overtones.
–Agencies