Vande Mataram Controversy News

A day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) reaffirmed that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram would be sung at party events, there is a growing sense of unease in sections of the party that believe the leadership should have handled the matter w

Amid the controversy over the rendition of Vande Mataram at an Independence Day event, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hit out at the BJP and the RSS, calling them anti-India and questioned their role in India s freedom struggle. Addressing the

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday slammed senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, saying her objection to singing the full version of Vande Mataram was an insult to nationalism and the song's writer, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.He sa

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Sunday launched a sharp attack against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, alleging that she objected to the singing of the full version of Vande Mataram during an Independence Day event. Adhikari demanded an unconditional

Speaking at a programme in Rajasthan s Chittorgarh, where a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was unveiled, Shah said that the Congress had not given Vande Mataram its due respect and forgotten it. He said: Vande Mataram bolte bolte hazaron

K C Venugopal stated the Vande Mataram singing was a communication matter. He accused the BJP of using the issue to divert attention from real problems

A BJP MLA has requested an apology from Sonia Gandhi for an alleged incident. He claims Vande Mataram was not fully sung at the AICC headquarters

Kerala s Congress-led United Democratic Alliance decided to skip Vande Mataram at the state s official Independence Day function on Saturday, defying the central government s directive to sing the full six-stanza version of the national song. This came despite