New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani said on Tuesday that the organisation had debated Vande Mataram extensively in 2011 and noted that forceful implementation is not the idea of India.

Madani also said that his organisation is mulling legal options to challenge the recital of Vande Mataram.

"On Vande Mataram, our organisation debated a lot in 2011 and earlier as well. Now they are saying that Vande Mataram will be compulsory... Forceful implementation is not the idea of India... We will challenge it legally if necessary. First, we will talk about it and try to bring the civil society together," Madani told ANI.

A day after controversy erupted over Madani's remarks over the meaning of "jihad," the J...