Vande Mataram row: Amit Shah asks people to rally against Congress
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has called for public opposition against the Congress party's decision to sing only two stanzas of the national song 'Vande Mataram'. Shah accused Congress of historical appeasement politics, while Congress defended the practice as a long-standing tradition supported by historical figures.
Why it matters
The debate over the national song highlights deep-seated ideological divisions in Indian politics regarding nationalism, secularism, and historical identity.
New Delhi: Upping the ante against Congress's decision to stick to singing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday exhorted people to rally against the opposition party's stand and said BJP will take its campaign to the masses and legislatures."I want to remind the country that Congress in 1937 chose to truncate Vande Mataram for appeasement of Muslims that sowed the seeds of the nation's Partition. It strengthened the two-nation theory. Finally, it led to the country's division and birth of Pakistan," Shah said. He called the CWC resolution a startling and anti-national decision.The nation once made the mistake of dividing Vande Mataram into two parts and we suffered serious consequences for this,” Amit Shah said.
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