‘Congress Should Apologise’: Sudhanshu Trivedi On Vande Mataram Controversy

The
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
o
I depe de ce
Day
has
t igge ed
a
political
co f o tatio ,
with
BJP
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Sudha shu
T ivedi
accusi g
the
Co g ess
leade ship
of
dis especti g
the
atio al
so g.

T ivedi
dema ded
a
apology
f om
the
Co g ess
high
comma d,
while
the
Co g ess
ejected
the
allegatio s
a d
mai tai ed
that
the e
was
o
i te fe e ce
with
the
si gi g
of
the
so g.

Sudha shu
T ivedi
Accuses
Co g ess
Of
I sulti g
Va de
Mata am

BJP
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Sudha shu
T ivedi
said
Va de
Mata am
was
fi st
su g
by
the
Co stitue t
Assembly
of
i depe de t
I dia
o
the
ight
of
August
14-15,
1947.

He
said,
“The
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am
bega
with
the
fi st
Co stitue t
Assembly
of
i depe de t
I dia
o
the
ight
of
August
14-15,
1947.
The
same
Va de
Mata am,
su g
by
millio s
of
people
who
faced
lathicha ge
a d
bullets,
a d
thousa ds
who
we e
ha ged,
was
educed
to
o e-qua te
by
the
Co g ess
pa ty’s
politics
of
powe
a d
g eed
fo
powe ,
sac ifici g
it
to
appeaseme t
a d
fu dame talist
fo ces.& dquo;

BJP
Questio s
Co g ess
Leade ship’s
Co duct

T ivedi
said
this
yea ‘s
I depe de ce
Day
ma ked
the
fi st
occasio
whe
Va de
Mata am
was
su g
i
its
e ti ety,
i
li e
with
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi’s
esolve
a d
the
se time ts
of
millio s
of
I dia s.

He
alleged
that
a
objectio able
sce e
u folded
du i g
the
si gi g
of
the
so g
at
the
Co g ess
office,
i volvi g
So ia
Ga dhi,
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Mallika ju
Kha ge.

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“I
acco da ce
with
the
esolve
of
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
the
se time ts
of
millio s
of
I dia s,
this
is
the
fi st
I depe de ce
Day
whe
Va de
Mata am
was
su g
i
its
e ti ety.
Howeve ,
a
u fo tu ate
sce e
was
wit essed.
While
the
Va de
Mata am
so g
was
bei g
su g
i
the
Co g ess
office,
Co g ess
Sup eme
Leade
So ia
Ga dhi,
fo me
P eside t
Rahul
Ga dhi,
a d
cu e t
P eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
we e
see
speaki g
to
each
othe
i
a
ve y
objectio able
ma e ,
exp essi g
dis espect,
a d
calli g
out
to
someo e,& dquo;
he
said.

T ivedi
fu the
alleged
that
someo e
app oached
the
Co g ess
leade s
du i g
the
si gi g
a d
that
they
gestu ed
to
o e
a othe .

“Du i g
the
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am,
someo e
came
a d
told
them
somethi g,
a d
they
we e
also
gestu i g
to
each
othe .
This
is
a
i sult
to
the
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am,
which
has
deeply
hu t
millio s
of
I dia s.
This
shows
that
the
Co g ess
pa ty
may
still
ot
have
fully
accepted
the
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am,& dquo;
the
BJP
spokespe so
said.

BJP
Dema ds
Apology
F om
Co g ess

T ivedi
called
o
the
Co g ess
leade ship
to
apologise
a d
explai
its
co duct
du i g
the
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am.

He
said,
“We
co dem
this
co duct
of
the
top
leade ship
of
the
Co g ess
pa ty
a d
expect
the
Co g ess
pa ty
to
apologize
to
the
cou t y
a d
explai
why
they
behaved
like
this.
If
the
Co g ess
does
ot
do
so,
the
thei
t ue
loyalty
to
the
Co stitutio ,
thei
eve e ce
fo
the
f eedom
st uggle
a d
thei
faith
i
the
ho o
a d
dig ity
of
c o es
of
I dia s
a e
se iously
questio ed.& dquo;

Co g ess
De ies
Allegatio s

The
BJP
also
alleged
that
So ia
Ga dhi
objected
to
the
si gi g
of
all
six
sta zas
of
Va de
Mata am
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s.

The
Co g ess
de ied
the
allegatio ,
sayi g
Ga dhi
was
aski g
fo
a
chai
to
be
b ought
fo
pa ty
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
because
he
had
bee
sta di g
fo
a
lo g
time.

The
Co g ess
also
mai tai ed
that
all
six
sta zas
of
Va de
Mata am
we e
su g
at
the
pa ty
headqua te s.

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