India, Nov. 8 -- The Trinamool Congress has strongly reacted to a BJP MP's statement that our National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya Hey" composed by Poet Laureate Rabindranath Tagore had been written to please the British monarch.
"It clearly indicates their (BJP's) reactionary and divisive character we will eagerly wait to see what their Desh Bhakt (patriotic) leadership does with him for insulting our National Anthem and its creator who incidentally is our National Poet being the first Nobel Laureate in the continent," TMC spokesperson Arup Chakrabarty said adding while Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's who composed "Vande Mataram" too was a great personality and his contribution towards Indian freedom struggle, literature and cul...