Vande Mataram Row: Congress Headquarters Sees Controversy Over Singing of All Six Stanzas of Vande Mataram

A
political
co t ove sy
e upted
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
flag-hoisti g
ce emo y
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
ove
the
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am.
Co g ess
leade
D .
Shakeel
Ahmed
Kha
claimed
that
So ia
Ga dhi
objected
to
the
si gi g
of
all
six
sta zas
of
the
atio al
so g,
questio i g
why
mo e
tha
two
sta zas
we e
pe fo med.
Howeve ,
Co g ess
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
offe ed
a
diffe e t
expla atio ,
sayi g
So ia
Ga dhi& squo;s
gestu e
was
elated
to
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
bei g
seated.
The
co t ove sy
has
d aw
a
st o g
eactio
f om
the
BJP,
which
accused
Co g ess
of
dis especti g
Va de
Mata am
a d
li ked
the
issue
to
histo ical
debates
withi
the
Co g ess
Wo ki g
Committee
ove
which
sta zas
should
be
su g.
Co g ess
has
mai tai ed
that
a
1937
esolutio
had
limited
its
official
si gi g
to
two
sta zas
because
of
co ce s
ove
the
emai i g
ve ses.
BJP
leade s
have
ejected
this
a gume t,
sayi g
a
pa ty
esolutio
ca ot
ove ide
atio al
law
o
co stitutio al
p i ciples.
The
BJP
is
ow
usi g
the
co t ove sy
to
politically
ta get
Co g ess,
while
Co g ess
is
expected
to
issue
fu the
cla ificatio .

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