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The Opposition parties connected Monday (December 8, 2025) slammed the BJP for trying to due iconic leaders of India and said the National Song Vande Mataram was utilized arsenic a instrumentality to unite radical during the conflict for Independence and should frankincense beryllium utilized successful that spirit.
Participating successful a statement successful the Lok Sabha connected 150 years of the song, Samajwadi Party person Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP had agelong been successful the crippled of appropriation. “Time and again it has been seen that those connected the ruling broadside effort to due iconic leaders who ne'er belonged to them.”
The National Song should not beryllium utilized arsenic a instrumentality to enforce one’s beliefs connected others, helium said, claiming that those who did not enactment successful the state conflict were present talking of the values of Vande Mataram.
Congress’s Deputy Leader successful the House, Gaurav Gogoi, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it a wont of referring to India’s archetypal Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the Congress enactment whenever helium spoke connected immoderate issue.
“He took Nehruji’s sanction 14 times and that of the Congress 50 times during the statement connected Operation Sindoor. When determination was a treatment connected the 75th day of the Constitution, Nehru’s sanction was taken 10 times and that of the Congress 26 times,” helium said.
“I privation to ask, when the Quit India Movement was taking place, wherever were the governmental ancestors of the BJP? It is recorded successful past that the governmental ancestors of the BJP had said that 1 should not enactment successful the Quit India Movement,” helium said.
Trinamool Congress subordinate Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said, “Vande Mataram was not lone India’s National Song but besides a bequest that millions sang to substance the conflict for Independence.”
“Those successful powerfulness contiguous often neglect to grasp this sentiment. Savarkar, for instance, wrote mercy petitions portion successful jail, securing his ain freedom. At that precise time, 398 Bengalis retired of 585 prisoners successful the Cellular Jail devoted themselves to India’s Independence, putting speech their ain pursuit of freedom. While young Khudiram Bose sacrificed his life, the ancestors of today’s ruling enactment were engaged penning mercy petitions,” she said.
She besides highlighted that PM Modi referred to “Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay arsenic ‘Bankim da’, creating the content that helium was having a casual speech with the literate icon astatine a section beverage shop.”
“Bengalis volition not tolerate the belittling of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, conscionable arsenic they did not tolerate the disrespect shown to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar erstwhile his bust was vandalised,” she said.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam subordinate A. Raja claimed that historically documented events amusement that Vande Mataram was projected successful ways that excluded Muslims successful the aboriginal 20th century. He said the contention surrounding the opus was not created by the assemblage but by those who framed it arsenic a “Hindu-only” anthem.
“The Prime Minister asked who did the part successful Vande Mataram. I privation to know, did the part successful Vande Mataram pb to the part of the country? And if the Prime Minister says a important facet indispensable beryllium dealt with today, what precisely is that important part we request to recognize now?” Mr. Raja asked.
“The Prime Minister asks who divided — the part was done by your forefathers, not by Muslims,” helium added.
At this point, BJP subordinate Dilip Saikia, who was successful the Chair, objected. “What bash you mean by your forefathers? It should beryllium our forefathers”, Mr. Raja said.
