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

The ruling BJP has harshly criticized the Congress following the opposition party's decision to only recite the first two stanzas of the national song Vande Mataram during their working committee meeting. BJP president Nitin Nabin accused the Congress of turning the "insult" to the song at Independence Day celebrations into a formal resolution.

Union Home Minister Shah vowed to take the fight against the Congress's decision, which mirrors its 1937 stance, to the streets and labeled it as appeasement politics. The BJP has been pushing back against the Congress over the rendition of Vande Mataram at the party's headquarters in Delhi. A controversy erupted after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi reportedly objected to singing the full version of Vande Mataram.

Nitin Nabin claimed that the Congress' decision dishonors the song's author, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and the sacrifices of thousands of martyrs who fought for the nation's freedom. Shah accused the Congress of implementing its 1937 resolution while rejecting a recent parliamentary act aimed at unifying the country, thus fueling appeasement politics for vote-bank gains.