Kharge hits back at BJP over Vande Mataram row, says, ‘Book Nehru, Gandhi too’; What is the controversy?
Kharge said that if singing the version was considered a crime, cases should also be registered against the national leaders who had sung it before him,
Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge fiercely defended himself against the BJP's criticism over his rendition of 'Vande Mataram' at a public meeting in South Goa. Kharge claimed he sang the exact same version that Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had sung. Angered by the criticism, Kharge urged the BJP to file cases against these national leaders if singing his version constituted a crime.
The BJP had accused Kharge of singing an "incomplete" version, suggesting disrespect to the national song. In response, Kharge highlighted that the Congress had passed a resolution deciding on the national song and anthem years before the BJP's birth. He further explained that he had followed the tradition of singing the 'Vande Mataram' version for the past 80 years.
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