Pak says BJP MLA copied their army song to dedicate it to Indian forces

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, April 15  

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Telangana's lone BJP MLA Raja Singh landed himself in embarrassment after the Pakistan Army accused him of copying their song.

Raja Singh, however, stood defiant saying that he did not have to copy anything from a "terrorist state".

He released the song titled “Hindustan Zindabad” on the occasion of Ram Navmi and dedicating it to the armed forces.

But soon, the Pakistan Army accused him of copying the song, claiming that it had a signature tune of “Pakistan Zindabad”, which was written in praise of the forces in Pakistani.

Singh in a tweet, said: "Good to see even #Pakistan media is covering my song #HindustanZindabad. I'm more surprised that even a terrorist nation produces singers. #Pakistani singer's may have copied my song, we don't have to copy anything from a terrorist state like Pakistan".

Good to see even media is covering my song .

I'm more surprised that even a terriorst nation produces singer's. singer's may have copied my song we don't have to copy anything from a terrorist state like Pakistan.

— Chowkidar Raja Singh (@TigerRajaSingh)

In a reply to Singh, spokesperson of the Pakistan Armed Forces, Major General Asif Ghafoor, on Monday said: "Pakistani media isn't covering the 'so called' song. In rest of the world, this is called something else... Glad that you copied. But copy to speak the truth as well. #PakistanZindabad," Asif Ghafoor had earlier tweeted from his personal handle, ridiculing the MLA for replacing 'Pakistan Zindabad' in the song with 'Hindustan Zindabad'.

Pakistani media isn’t covering the ‘so called’ song. In rest of the world this is called something else...
Second sentence of previous tweet ie “But copy to speak the truth as well” stays valid as expected.
This lie too not a surprise. That’s what was said, we can’t be surprised.

— Asif Ghafoor (@peaceforchange)

A few hours before the legislator was to release his song in a procession in Hyderabad, Ghafoor tweeted that he copied it.

Singh's video and the Pakistani Army spokesman's tweet went viral with many people on social media also sharing the original Pakistani song "Dil ki himmat watan... apna jazba watan. Man ki sacchi lagan... seedha rasta watan" sung by Sahir Ali Bagga.

The Pakistani song was released on March 23 on the occasion of Pakistan Day.  The legislator dropped his plans to release the song after it sparked the plagiarism row.