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A discussion becomes a debate when highly contentious points are made that cannot go unchallenged by the other side. In the case of this “discussion” , the PM did highlight the big role played by the song in inspiring the freedom fighters. But he took a negative track by trying to vilify the Congress for truncating the song. The references to Hindu deities in the latter part of the song would have made minorities like Jains, Muslims, CHristians, Buddhists uncomfortaable , since they have no such gods. Tagore and Nehru made this more acceptable as a national song by suggesting that only the first half be retained. The full song could aalways be sung in other contexts. Instead of understanding this, the PM stated that the Congress bent the knee to Muslims. In trying to score brownie points against the Congress , the PM unfortunately lost the fundamental purpose of the “discussion “. The importance of Vande Mataram was lost to the general public , who rely a lot on the PM’s words due to his popularity. For obvious reasons, Ms Lekhi has avoided mentioning this scooring of brownie points by the PM and has tried to dump the entire blame on the Congress for turning the discussion into a debate.
A discussion becomes a debate when highly contentious points are made that cannot go unchallenged by the other side. In the case of this “discussion” , the PM did highlight the big role played by the song in inspiring the freedom fighters. But he took a negative track by trying to vilify the Congress for truncating the song. The references to Hindu deities in the latter part of the song would have made minorities like Jains, Muslims, CHristians, Buddhists uncomfortaable , since they have no such gods. Tagore and Nehru made this more acceptable as a national song by suggesting that only the first half be retained. The full song could aalways be sung in other contexts. Instead of understanding this, the PM stated that the Congress bent the knee to Muslims. In trying to score brownie points against the Congress , the PM unfortunately lost the fundamental purpose of the “discussion “. The importance of Vande Mataram was lost to the general public , who rely a lot on the PM’s words due to his popularity. For obvious reasons, Ms Lekhi has avoided mentioning this scooring of brownie points by the PM and has tried to dump the entire blame on the Congress for turning the discussion into a debate.