Five-day campaign to protest limiting ‘Vande Mataram’ rendition
The BJP in Karnataka is launching a five-day statewide protest against the Congress government's decision to limit the rendition of 'Vande Mataram' to two stanzas. The party plans to submit memoranda to local officials demanding the full six-stanza version be restored.
Why it matters
This protest highlights the ongoing cultural and political friction between the BJP and the Congress government in Karnataka regarding national symbols and state policy.
The BJP will organise a five-day padayatra across all 224 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka from Tuesday, September 15, to protest the State government’s decision to limit Vande Mataram to two stanzas at official events, party State president B.Y. Vijayendra said on Saturday.
He said party workers and members of the public would undertake the foot march and meet Tahsildars and Deputy Commissioners to submit memoranda demanding that the government withdraw its decision.
He criticised Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s decision, taken at a recent Cabinet meeting, and said, “Let Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar learn a lesson from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is in favour of following the Centre’s decision to sing all six stanzas,” he said.
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