Hyderabad, March 16 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has hit out at AIMIM MLAs for walking out of the Telangana assembly while Vande Mataram was being sung.

He said it was not just a protest but "a direct insult to the national song and the spirit of our motherland".

"Shameful that MIM MLAs chose to walk out of the Telangana Assembly while Vande Mataram was being sung. This isn't just a protest; it is a direct insult to the national song and the spirit of our motherland," he said in a post on X.

"Why is MIM allergic to Indian symbols? Their true colors are out for everyone to see," he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in December last year addressed the special discussion on 150 years of the Nationa...