On Monday (8th December), Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the Congress party during a discussion on 150 years of Vande Mataram.
While speaking in the Lok Sabha, he pointed out that India was going through the dark phase of the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi-led Congress regime when Vande Mataram completed 100 years.
“When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, country was under colonial rule while at its 100th anniversary the nation was under Emergency,” PM Modi pointed out.
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He hit out at the Congress party for compromising with the Muslim League on ‘Vande Mataram’.
PM Modi emphasised, “The politics of the Muslim League opposing Vande Mataram took pace in 1937. Mohammed Ali Jinnah raised slogans against it. The then Congress chief Jawaharlal Nehru, instead of condemning their statements and expressing his and the party’s fidelity towards Vande Mataram, started ‘investigating’ Vande Mataram just five days after Jinnah’s opposition.”
He added, “Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a letter to Subhash Chandra Bose after Jinnah’s opposition to Vande Mataram, stating that he had read the background of Vande Mataram and thought it might provoke and irritate Muslims. It is unfortunate for the country that Congress compromised on Vande Mataram. They bowed to the Muslim League and decided to fragment Vande Mataram.”
The Indian Prime Minister stated that it is a good opportunity now to restore the glory of ‘Vande Mataram’, which became a driving force for Independence in 1947.