{
  "id": 1310385,
  "title": "West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Demands Apology From Sonia Gandhi For Insulting Vande Mataram",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/west-bengal-cm-suvendu-adhikari-demands-apology-from-sonia-gandhi-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T16:46:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-cm-suvendu-adhikari-demands-apology-from-sonia-gandhi-for-insulting-vande-mataram"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari demanded an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Sunday for disrespecting Vande Mataram at the party headquarters on Independence Day. Accusing the Congress of indulging in 'appeasement politics', Adhikari called for an apology. \"Enter Bengal is fuming as Congress has disrespected Rishi Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. This is an insult to nationalism. The people of India have seen this. As a Chief Minister of Bengal I am condemning this act,\" Adhikari stated. The demand for an apology followed a letter written by BJP Naihati MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, who is a relative of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, to both Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Sumitro expressed hurt at Congress' disrespect towards Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, stating, \"Vande Mataram is not merely a mantra, but a religion of love for the country.\"",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday had slammed Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi for disrespecting Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day. Accusing the Congress for indulging in ‘appeasement politics’, Adhikari asked the Congress to ‘apologize’ from the people. “Enter Bengal is fuming as Congress has disrespected Rishi Bankim Chandra…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Union Home Minister Amit Shah Attacks Congress Over Vande Mataram Row, Demands Apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/union-home-minister-amit-shah-attacks-congress-over-vande-mataram-row",
        "published": "2026-08-16T14:18:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}