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When a BJP spokesman couldn't sing Vande Mataram, even from his phone

And in Jaipur, the mayor has made it mandatory for employees of the municipal corporation to swing both the national anthem and the national song everyday

Youngsters wave the national flag ahead of India's Independence Day, in Jammu on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)
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Youngsters wave the national flag ahead of India's Independence Day, in Jammu on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Will you ask someone to sing Vande Mataram even when you can't do it yourself? A BJP spokesperson, found himself in this awkward position on live television recently. 
 
In a TV discussion on Zee Salaam, BJP's spokesperson Navin Kumar Singh tried to make the representative of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Mufti Ejaz Arshad Qasmi sing the national song, Vande Mataram but ended up making a spectacle of himself. The video of a fumbling Navin Kumar Singh then went viral all over social media and people couldn’t stop chuckling. The two-minute video clip has been doing rounds on