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'Ishwar allah' bhajan at Vajpayee event stirs row
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|December 27, 2024
An event in Patna to commemorate former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth centenary on Wednesday was marred by protests when a folk singer sang the lines "Ishwar Allah tero naam (Ishwar and Allah are your names)" during her rendition of the iconic bhajan "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram".
PATNA:
The event, "Main Atal Rahunga", was organised by former Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey in Patna's Bapu Sabhagar and was attended by several party leaders, including MLC Shahnawaz Hussain and former Union minister Dr CP Thakur.
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