Amid the ongoing showdown between the BJP and the Congress over Vande Mataram , Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the opposition party.
Shah accused the Congress of reviving its “extreme policy of appeasement” after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram , in line with the party’s 1936-37 resolution.
“Yesterday, the Congress Party Working Committee took a surprising and anti-national decision. “Today, when the Narendra Modi government has corrected that historical mistake in the 150th year of Vande Mataram ‘s composition, and tried to strengthen national integration by singing the entire song. Yesterday, Congress decided to ignore it. Today, that very insult has become the Congress’s policy,” Nabin posted on X.
The decision to sing it in full in all government functions has been given legal form as well. This decision by Congress only confirms their extreme policy of appeasement. For vote bank appeasement, they have not only insulted the immortal work of the late Bankim Babu, but also millions of martyrs who went to the gallows for the country’s independence while chanting Vande Mataram , and spent many years in jail,” he added. I’m quite surprised that under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party is once again vigorously promoting the politics of appeasement in this country. I want to appeal to the people of this country that once this country made the mistake of letting Vande Mataram be divided into two, and we have suffered grave consequences of that mistake. Now the people of the country should unite and raise their voices against this decision of the Congress party, that politics of appeasement will no longer work in this country. Its working committee has decided that only the first two stanzas of ‘ Vande Mataram ‘ will be sung at Congress forums. When, just a few days ago, this same insult had been exposed in the conduct of an individual, the Congress had dismissed it as a coincidence.
Following their party’s resolution of 1937, they have decided to sing only two stanzas of the great song, Vande Mataram . I want to remind the entire country that in 1937, for Muslim appeasement, the Congress party laid the foundation for the partition of the country by dividing Vande Mataram into two. “Today, the Congress party is accepting its party resolution of 1937 and rejecting the Act of Parliament. This is a free country, 80 years after independence, the people of this country will not tolerate any opposition to what the Narendra Modi government has corrected, regarding the decision Congress made in 1937. After the CWC meeting, Congress MP KC Venugopal said the party’s stand on the recitation of Vande Mataram was clear and that it would follow the decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1937. Earlier reporting noted: Nabin’s remarks came a day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided to follow its 1937 resolution under which only the first two stanzas of the national song would be sung at Congress programmes.
From there, the two-nation theory gained strength and eventually, the country was partitioned and Pakistan was born,” Shah said. The Bharatiya Janata Party strongly condemns this decision of the Congress party, and we will vigorously oppose it among the public and in legislative assemblies,” he said. Kharge said the BJP repeatedly talks about the Gandhi family and Sonia Gandhi. Drawing a contrast in political experience, he said he had been an MLA even before Union Home Minister Amit Shah was born. Earlier reporting noted: ‘New Muslim League’: Nitin Nabin attacks Congress as Vande Mataram row escalates, Opposition hits back BJP national working president Nitin Nabin on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over its decision to sing only the first two stanzas of “Vande Mataram” at party events. The Opposition reacted after Nabin accused the Congress of becoming the “new Muslim League” for votes.
The Congress has fiercely defended its stance with party president Mallikarjun Kharge earlier mocking Amit Shah and questioning the BJP-RSS contribution to India’s freedom struggle. Earlier reporting noted: “The Congress has now formalised its insult into a resolution.
