‘New Muslim League’: BJP slams Congress decision to recite only 2 stanzas of Vande Mataram

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has vehemently criticized the Congress party following its decision to limit the recitation of the national anthem Vande Mataram to its first two stanzas during a Working Committee meeting. BJP President Nitin Nabin accused the Congress of formalizing the "insult" inflicted on the song at its Independence Day celebrations in the capital into a formal resolution.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah vowed that the BJP would carry its battle against the Congress' decision, which is a reiteration of its 1937 resolution, to the streets and characterized it as part of appeasement politics. Nabin asserted that the Congress' decision to limit the anthem's rendition is an insult to the country's martyrs who sacrificed their lives for it, and a contempt for those who remembered the song during difficult times.

Shah echoed this sentiment, accusing the Congress of appeasing the Muslim community and laying the foundation for the partition of India by promoting the two-nation theory. He also highlighted the irony of the Congress rejecting a law passed by Parliament to strengthen national unity, while still dishonoring the anthem.