Chennai, Aug 20 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying its decision to sing just two stanzas of Vande Mataram was “anti-national” and aimed at appeasing its vote bank in defiance of the law.
Referring to the Congress Working Committee’s decision on Wednesday to sing only two paras of the national song, instead of its full rendition, Shah traced the history of Partition and emphasised the consequences suffered by the nation following the truncation of Vande Mataram.
In a statement posted on X, Shah said the CWC decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram instead of the full rendition is not only “anti-national” but also an “open defiance of the law” enacted by Parliament.
“In 1937, for the sake of appeasement, it was the Congress itself that fragmented Vande Mataram into two parts. From there, the two-nation theory gained strength, leading to the partition of the country. “On the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, the Modi government corrected this historic mistake and gave the full song legal form. But under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, the Congress is once again treading the path of appeasement for the sake of its vote bank,” Shah said.
He further said that the mistake of fragmenting Vande Mataram had already happened once, and the nation suffered the consequences. “This is an appeal to the countrymen to unite and raise their voices against this appeasement by the Congress,” he added. The CWC on Wednesday decided to abide by the 1937 resolution of its highest decision-making body on Vande Mataram, saying only two stanzas of the national song would be sung at all party events henceforth. BJP president Nitin Nabin slammed the Congress, alleging that the opposition party had become the “new Muslim League” for the sake of votes. PTI VGN SA SAP PYK PYK
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