Meerut: During the swearing-in of the Municipal Corporation in Meerut, UP, there was a lot of uproar. A scuffle broke out between the councilors of BJP and Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM in the fight over Vande Mataram song. Thereafter, top officials of the district administration reached the spot and pulled out the councilors of AIMIM.
The swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected mayor and councilors was going on in the Subhash Chandra Bose Auditorium of CCS University, Meerut. During this the BJP councilors started singing Vande Mataram. AIMIM councilors opposed this and kept sitting. Due to this, there was a tussle between the councilors of BJP and AIMIM and it even came to a fight. The police present on the spot intervened and pulled out the councilors of AIMIM. Due to this, the councilors of AIMIM started protesting, to convince whom Collector Deepak Meena himself reached on the spot. However, AIMIM councilors have boycotted the swearing-in and walked away. Police force has been called in huge numbers on the spot.
BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Laxmikant Vajpayee present on the occasion told that if he had any problem with Vande Mataram, he should have remained silent. He would not sing Vande Mataram and remain silent, but AIMIM councilors made inappropriate comments. This worsened the situation. Instead of boycotting, he should have taken oath. If you have done it now, you will take oath in the cabin. On the other hand, BJP councilors told that these are the people who believe in Jinnah. These are the people of Owaisi. They want the partition of the country, who will not sing Vande Mataram, they will be given a befitting reply. In this case, SP City Piyush Singh said that an objection was lodged on behalf of AIMIM councilors regarding Vande Mataram, after that there was uproar, fighting, pushing and scuffling. The police took everyone out.
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