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Chavan forget to respect the ‘National Anthem’
November 26, 2010 Visionmp.com news service
Mumbai: Prithviraj Chavan new Maharashtra Chief Minister created a flutter on Friday when he walked away during the national anthem at a function to commemorate the 26/11 terror attack.
After doing that Chavan denied having done so. He insulted the national anthem, as the anthem was being played on the public address system at the function at Gateway of India; CM walked out and responded to the greetings of some of those who turned up at the function.
He said, “I did not hear the national anthem. When I heard it, I stopped at the place and left only after it was over.”
Also the Home Minister R R Patil said he was not aware of Chavan insulting the national anthem.”I am not aware of any such incident. No minister, least of all the CM, would even imagine insulting the national anthem,” said Patil.
BJP state unit president Sudhir Mungantiwar demanded that Chavan tender an apology for allegedly insulting the national anthem.
Moreover Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said a criminal case should be lodged against Chavan over the incident.
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