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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) accused BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of insulting Jawaharlal Nehru, arsenic helium said the determination to usage lone the archetypal 2 stanzas of 'Vande Mataram' arsenic the nationalist opus was collectively taken by leaders similar Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
As the ruling BJP accused the Congress of 'dividing' the opus written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the Leader of Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha Mr. Kharge countered the ruling party, saying that Congress leaders person ever been chanting 'Vande Mataram'.
Speaking close aft Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the authorities of appeasement was down the determination to usage lone 2 stanzas of the poem arsenic the nationalist song, Mr. Kharge started his address, raising the slogan 'Vande Mataram'.
"We person ever been singing Vande Mataram. But those who did not sing Vande Mataram person besides started singing it now. It is the powerfulness of Vande Mataram. It is simply a nationalist festival, not a debate,” helium said.
"When the non-cooperation question started successful 1921, Congress members were going to jailhouse chanting Vande Mataram. You were moving for the British," Mr. Kharge said.
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"You are teaching patriotism to us? You were frightened of patriotism and were serving the British. PM Modi leaves nary accidental to insult Jawaharlal Nehru, nor does the Home Minister. I heard the Prime Minister blamed Nehru for stanzas being removed," helium said.
The Congress president besides quoted Tagore, who said helium recovered "no difficulty" successful dissociating the archetypal 2 stanzas of the poem with the remainder of the song.
"You are insulting each these gangly leaders. It was their combined decision. Why bash you people Nehruji alone?" helium added.
