SILCHAR, April 3 - A day after Darul Uloom Deoband issued a diktat asking Muslims not to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai, national president of Jamaat-Ulama-e-Hind, Moulana Suhaib Quasimi remarked that �in a democratic country, every citizen has the right to hail his/her motherland. Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Hindustan Zindabad are same and therefore legitimate.� Quasimi was at Puran Bazar at Banskandi under Lakhipur LAC to campaign for BJP candidate Thoiba Singh.
Addressing a rally, Quasimi said �such diktats are dished out before elections only to divert the attention of the Muslims for political gain.� He therefore urged Darul Uloom Deoband to withdraw the diktat.
