Amit Shah Calls on Congress to Apologise Over Vande Mataram Controversy
Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, party leader Sonia Gandhi asked Vande Mataram to be stopped midway through the song.
Referring to the Independence Day celebrations held on Saturday, Shah said after 80 years of Independence, 'Vande Mataram' was sung at the Red Fort and all other places where flag hoisting was held.
"Thousands of people faced bullets and lathis and were jailed for singing 'Vande Mataram'," Shah said, referring to the use of the revolutionary slogan during the freedom struggle.
He alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, Sonia Gandhi had asked the party president to stop the song midway. "We all saw it on television," Shah said, adding that Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's immortal soul. "If there is any shame left, you should fold your hands and apologise to Bankim Babu's immortal spirit and the people," he said.
The home minister alleged that the Congress had forgotten 'Vande Mataram' due to vote-bank politics.
The BJP hit out at the Congress, alleging that its top leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge showed "utter disrespect" towards 'Vande Mataram' when it was being sung at the party's Independence Day event, and demanded an apology from them.
Several leaders of the ruling BJP also accused Sonia Gandhi of objecting to the singing of the full version of 'Vande Mataram' at the event, a charge that the Congress denied, asserting that there was no attempt to stop the singing of the full version of the national song and she was only asking for a chair for party chief Mallikarjun Kharge as he was standing for a while.
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