People chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ will stay in India: Himachal CM

February 26, 2020 03:27 pm | Updated 04:30 pm IST - CHANDIGARH

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur. File

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur. File

Those who chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ will stay in India, according to BJP Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur.

At a press conference in Shimla on Tuesday, he said that those who said ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ would stay, and those who did not do that; those who opposed India; those who disrespected the constitutional system again and again; and those who, for purely political reasons, were working with a mindset to prove that things were not alright in the country should be dealt with firmly.

Mr. Thakur was reacting to a question whether the Delhi violence was a result of politics in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit .

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