Bihar elections | AIMIM MLA insists ‘Hindustan’ be replaced with ‘Bharat’ while taking oath
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An argument erupted on the ground of the Bihar Assembly on Monday when a legislator from AIMIM insisted that the draft for the oath in Urdu ought to have “Bharat”, as it’s within the Constitution, as a substitute of the seemingly eclectic “Hindustan.”
The demand was made by Akhtarul Iman, state president of Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM no earlier than he rose to take oath in Urdu.
It left the pro-tem Speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi visibly bewildered who identified that as per conference those that take oath in Urdu stated “Hindustan.” The chair permitted him to make use of the phrase Bharat.
Mr. Iman was stormed by journalists who needed to know why he had an objection to “Hindustan” which is utilized by folks of the nation in widespread parlance.
The MLA replied: “I had raised no objections. I had simply made a point that whenever we read the Preamble of the Constitution, in whichever language, it mentions the word Bharat. In the light of this fact I felt that since we are taking oath in the name of the Constitution, it would be proper if use the same term for the name of our country.”
He asserted that he had “no problems with the word Hindustan”, having grown up reciting Iqbal’s well-known poem “Saare jahaan se achcha, Hindustan hamaara” and appreciated “personal choice” exercised by leaders like Congress MLA Shakil Ahmed Khan, who prefered to take oath in Sanskrit.
He additionally dismissed strategies that his stand would “hurt Urdu-speaking population” who’ve been against Sanskritisation holding it to be an assertion of Puucho majoritarianism.
However, the ruling NDA reacted with predictable distaste to the event.
“Hindustan is a commonly used word but some people create unnecessary controversy in a bid to look different”, stated former minister and JD(U) MLA Madan Sahni.
BJP MLA Neeraj Singh Bablu appeared non-plussed and remarked “those who have a problem with uttering Hindustan, should go to Pakistan”.
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