Vande Mataram row: BJP chief Nabin slams Congress, calls it new Muslim League
BJP national president Nitin Nabin criticized the Congress Working Committee for reaffirming its 1937 resolution to sing only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram, calling it an "institutionalized insult" to the national song. Nabin accused Congress of pursuing vote bank politics and acting like the "Muslim League of today," questioning its commitment to the country.
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This article highlights a significant political and cultural debate in India, reflecting deep ideological divisions between major parties and potentially impacting national identity and social cohesion.
NEW DELHI: With Congress Working Committee (CWC) sticking to its 1937 resolution that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram will be sung, BJP national president Nitin Nabin Thursday said, "Congress has now institutionalised the insult to Vande Matram."Nabin said Congress, which had recently tried to pass off its disrespect for the national song as just a coincidence, in its pursuit of vote bank politics has adopted "a formal resolution not to sing the national song in full".BJP said Congress is showing the same stubbornness against the full version of the national song that the Muslim League had then summoned, forcing its leadership to capitulate and make a series of concessions to M A Jinnah."Congress has removed any doubt over it being the Muslim League of today.
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