'Vande Mataram is against Islam': Samajwadi Party's MP Shafiqur Rahman sparks controversy
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Newly-elected Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman has sparked a major controversy after he said that reciting Vande Mataram is against Islam while taking oath as Lok Sabha MP. The video clip of the purported incident has gone viral on social media.
#WATCH: Slogans of Vande Mataram raised in Lok Sabha after Samajwadi Party's MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq says, "Jahan tak Vande Mataram ka taaluq hai, it is against Islam we cannot follow it" after concluding his oath. pic.twitter.com/8Sugg8u8ah
— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2019
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