Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung said he had no problem in saying Bharat Mata Ki Jai but argued that refusal to chant the slogan doesn't make any Indian 'anti-national'.
Making a distinction between worshipping God and one's country, Jung said: "We are happy to say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or 'Madre Vatan''. But one may refuse to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai, that doesn't make one anti-national.'
Jung said politicians who say Indians not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai had no right to live in this country needed to be ignored.