New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a sharp dig at Congress on Thursday for adopting a resolution stating not to sing the complete version of ‘Vande Mataram’. Accusing Congress, he said that by dividing Vande Mataram for the appeasement of Muslims, the Congress laid the foundation for the partition of the country.
What did Amit Shah say?
“Yesterday, the Congress Working Committee took an anti-national decision. Following their 1937 resolution, Congress decided to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram. I want to remind the nation that in 1937, by dividing Vande Mataram for the appeasement of Muslims, the Congress laid the foundation for the partition of the country. Today, the Narendra Modi govt has corrected the Congress’ mistake to strengthen national unity and also given it a legal framework, Amit Shah said in his statement to ANI.
He further added, ”Congress’s decision confirms its policy of appeasement. They have not only insulted this creation of Bankim Babu but also lakhs of people who laid down their lives for the freedom of the country. Today, the Congress party is implementing its 1937 resolution but rejecting a law made by the Parliament. I am surprised that the Congress party, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, is once again taking forward appeasement politics. The country has once made the mistake of letting Vande Mataram be divided into two parts, and we have faced its consequences. Now, the country should come together against this decision of the Congress party and say that their politics of appeasement will not work anymore. BJP condemns this decision of the Congress party.”
How did Congress react to the govt’s move?
It is to be noted here that the government has made it compulsory that the complete version of ‘Vande Mataram’ would be sung at all official government functions. Notably, this move has been criticised by the Congress.
