BJP ministers are calling for Vande Mataram to be made compulsory in schools and corporations, however their own leader had nothing to say when asked to explain the significance of Vande Mataram. During India Today's show with Devina Gupta, BJP leader, Prem Shukla, not only failed to come up with anything to explain the significance of Vande Mataram but instead chose to ask the anchor to 'shut up'. Faced with uncomfortable questions, Shukla threatened to leave the show when asked to explain the meaning of Vande Mataram in the light of skirmishes between corporators in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation.

Source: India Today August 19, 2017 15:00 UTC