Would like allies to honour freedom fighters' judgement: Congress on full Vande Mataram at J-K event
KC Venugopal said the full song conflicts with India’s pluralist ethos and urged allies to sing only the two stanzas Congress adopted in 1937.
- On Tuesday, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal urged party allies to sing only the two-stanza version of Vande Mataram, following the full rendition at a Srinagar film festival on Monday attended by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah.
- The Congress Working Committee decided last month to abide by a 1937 resolution, limiting Vande Mataram to two stanzas to prevent the song from being 'communalised,' a concern party leaders argue remains relevant today.
- Venugopal argued the full version 'sits uneasily' with the 'syncretic and pluralist ethos' envisioned by freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru, whose judgment the party considers paramount.
- The Abdullahs stood through all six stanzas at the festival, highlighting growing friction within the INDIA bloc as other allies have not adopted the Congress's strict stance on the song.
- Tensions over the song intensified last month when Union Home Minister Amit Shah labeled the Congress's position 'anti-national,' prompting the party to call BJP leaders 'fraudulent nationalists' in response.
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Vande Mataram Row: Abdullahs Stand For Full Song, Upsetting Ally Congress; BJP Reacts
The political temperature shot up this week after the Congress party raised objections to the full version of Vande Mataram being played at a film festival in Srinagar, where both Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah were present. What began as a minor disagreement has now spiralled into a full-blown confrontation within the INDIA bloc, with the BJP gleefully watching from t
Vande Mataram row: Abdullahs stand for full rendition as Congress urges ally to honour freedom fighters
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has objected to Omar Abdullah singing the full version of 'Vande Mataram' at the inaugural International Film Festival in Srinagar.
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