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

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 YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter over the last few days.
 

The clip shows Singh initially forgetting the words of the song. Later he tried to sing it by reading from his mobile phone and still managed to make a mess of it. This is what he ended up singing-

Vande Mataram Sujalam Sufalam Malayaja Sheetalam Sansayaam

Malyaam Subhrat Jotsam Pulkityaam Vande Mataram Pulkistan

Sumita Dumal Tsunami (?) Suhasin Sumantra Bulshumaani
 

Navin Kumar Singh was part of a TV news debate on Zee Salaam. He entered into a squabble with Qasmi. Arguing on the topic of patriotism, Qasmi asked Singh to prove his nationalism by singing the national song. Initially, he asked Qasmi to join him in singing the song but the AIMPLB leader refused. Singh wavered in the first line itself of the song and later used his mobile phone to see the lyrics but to everyone’s shock, he still couldn't sing it right.

Watch the video here:



This wasn’t the first time a BJP member got the words to Vande Mataram wrong. In August, BJP's Baldev Singh Aulakh was also unable to sing the song on a TV news show at India Today.

The video has gone viral on social media and Singh too has been trolled like anything. Twitterati used #Pulkistan to comment on this video as they took potshots at Navin Kumar Singh.

Here are some of the reactions:

#BJP spokesperson makes a fool of himself trying to sing #VandeMataram. Don't blame me if you laugh too hard and get hurt.  pic.twitter.com/psH2dqMo1P

— Subin Dennis (@subindennis) October 30, 2017

BJP spokesperson giving demonstration of his Party's Patriotism on Live TV!

PS -Notice how he scrambles for his phone to pull up lyrics.  pic.twitter.com/8RqpQxyloO

— Saral Patel (@SaralPatel007) October 28, 2017

Hilarious. BJP spokes screaming at a person to sing Vande Mataram, (he himself has no idea how it goes). https://t.co/gSLbcnlzNP

— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) October 29, 2017

Nationalist party BJP's spoxman failed patriotism test, couldn't sing 'Vande Mataram' even while reading from his mobile  pic.twitter.com/ysQzytGUtw

— Irony Of India (@IronyOfIndia_) October 31, 2017

Patriotism offered by nationalist BJP
Can't even read Vande Mataram & asking others to sing it
One word for you BJPigs, #GetWellSoon pic.twitter.com/3fJIPuTIFk

— Sarcasm (@SarcasticRofl) October 28, 2017

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BJP Spokesperson EXPOSED on National Television. He CANT sing "Vande Mataram"

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— AAP Ka Mehta (@DaaruBaazMehta) October 28, 2017

This guy: (1) doesn't know #VandeMataram's lyrics (2) can't sing (3) can't google & get a site with the right lyrics, or worse, can't read https://t.co/vSI581hXpt

— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) October 31, 2017

Someone please send this guy to Pakistan... and have him admitted in a music class there ... Vande Mātaram https://t.co/yt4nKxBC8x

— ROCKYANDMAYUR (@rockyandmayur) October 29, 2017

For all hue n cry @BJP4India raises abt #VandeMataram this is the abominable result when spokie asked to sing. Shamehttps://t.co/krqFp7l0Hy

— Vikram Sampath (@vikramsampath) October 30, 2017

BJP should drop it’s missed call (or 1cr entry reward) and test for knowledge of Vande Mataram. This guy butchers our national song totally. https://t.co/NgPnqYv74V

— Arvind Jha (@jalajboy) October 29, 2017

In other news, BJP-ruled Jaipur municipal corporation and its mayor Ashok Lahoti have decreed that the national anthem and national song be sung every day. This order was implemented from Tuesday.
 

The national anthem will be sung at 9.50 am every morning. At around 5:55 pm, five minutes before the closing time, the employees have to sing the national song, Vande Mataram before going home.