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The part of 'Vande Mataram' opus for "politics of appeasement" led to partition of India, Home Minister Amit Shah said successful the Rajya Sabha connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025), arsenic helium slammed Opposition for linking the statement connected 150 years of the nationalist opus with the upcoming West Bengal elections.
Initiating the statement successful the House, Mr. Shah said Vande Mataram was the “mantra” that awakened India’s cultural nationalism, and remains arsenic applicable contiguous arsenic it was during the state struggle.
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He stressed that the opus volition stay applicable successful the days to travel arsenic well, successful taking the state towards Viksit Bharat.
Mr. Shah besides attacked Congress for questioning the request for a statement connected Vande Mataram, and accused archetypal premier curate Jawaharlal Nehru of "dividing" the poem and limiting it to 2 stanzas.
"Yesterday immoderate MPs successful the Lok Sabha questioned what is the request to sermon Vande Mataram. The request for discussion...was arsenic applicable erstwhile the opus was written, during the state movement, today, and volition beryllium arsenic applicable successful 2047 erstwhile the Viksit Bharat would beryllium achieved," Mr. Shah said.
"Some radical are saying Vande Mataram is being discussed due to the fact that elections are coming successful West Bengal... They are trying to trim the value of Vande Mataram by linking it with Bengal elections," helium said.
The Home Minister urged members to instrumentality the tone of the connection of Vande Mataram to the younker of the nation.
He said the opus was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay successful Bengal, but it dispersed crossed the nation, and became the chant for India's state struggle.
The Home Minister said the opus was written years aft India tolerated "Islamic attacks", and the British tried to enforce a caller civilization connected the country.
"The opus reestablished the civilization of witnessing federation arsenic a mother. Even though the (British) authorities tried to prohibition it, and radical were beaten and jailed for chanting Vande Mataram, it touched people's hearts and dispersed from Kashmir to Kanyakumari," helium said.
That is wherefore Maharshi Aurobindo said Vande Mataram is the mantra of India's awakening.
"India is the lone federation whose boundaries person not been decided by immoderate act, its borders person been decided by our culture, and civilization has agreed it. That is wherefore the thought of taste nationalism, this taste nationalism was awakened by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay," Mr. Shah added.
He besides accused the Congress and Nehru of 'dividing' the song.
"Many members of Congress questioned wherefore the treatment connected Vande Mataram was required, calling it a diversionary tactic. We are not frightened of taking up immoderate debate. We bash not stall Parliament, we person thing to hide, we are acceptable to sermon immoderate issue," Mr. Shah said.
"On the 50th day of Vande Mataram successful 1937, Jawaharlal Nehru divided it into 2 and constricted it to 2 stanzas. This was the mode Congress honoured Vande Mataram," helium said, starring to protests from Opposition MPs.
Mr. Shah called it the beginning of appeasement politics, and said it led to partition of India.
"If they had not divided the opus into 2 for appeasement politics, India would besides not person been partitioned," helium said, starring to much uproars from Opposition benches.
Mr. Shah added that successful the 100th twelvemonth of Vande Mataram, the state was nether Emergency.
