Vande Mataram Row: VHP Accuses Sonia, Rahul, Kharge Of Insulting National Song

The
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
o
I dia’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day
has
t igge ed
a othe
political
co t ove sy,
with
Vishwa
Hi du
Pa ishad
(VHP)
spokespe so
Vi od
Ba sal
accusi g
the
Co g ess
leade ship
of
dis especti g
the
atio al
so g.

Ba sal
alleged
that
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge,
Lok
Sabha
Leade
of
Oppositio
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
pa ty
MP
So ia
Ga dhi
i sulted
Va de
Mata am
du i g
the
p og amme.

‘La ge
Pa ty
Could
Not
Tole ate
Va de
Mata am& squo;

Ba sal
said
the
alleged
i cide t
was
pa ticula ly
u fo tu ate
because
it
took
place
at
the
headqua te s
of
a
pa ty
that
claims
to
be
the
cou t y’s
oldest
a d
has
held
powe
fo
the
lo gest
pe iod.

He
said,
“I dia’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day
was
bei g
celeb ated
i
the
atio ‘s
capital,
a d
that
too
at
the
headqua te s
of
the
pa ty
that
claims
to
be
the
cou t y’s
oldest
a d
has
held
powe
fo
the
lo gest
time.
It
is
u fo tu ate
that
such
a
la ge
pa ty
could
ot
eve
tole ate
the
si gi g
of
Va de
Mata am.
The
way
these
th ee
leade s
i sulted
Va de
Mata am
at
thei
headqua te s
today
is
ce tai ly
co dem able.& dquo;

VHP
Ta gets
So ia
Ga dhi,
Kha ge
A d
Rahul
Ga dhi

Ba sal
also
ta geted
So ia
Ga dhi,
Kha ge
a d
Rahul
Ga dhi
ove
the
alleged
i cide t.

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He
said,
“This
pa ty
has
had
seve al
P ime
Mi iste s.
So ia
Ga dhi
he self
was
the
cou t y’s
supe
PM
fo
ma y
yea s.
Eve
whe
she
was ‘t
P ime
Mi iste ,
she
co t olled
the
cou t y’s
powe
emotely,
but
she
could ‘t
tole ate
Va de
Mata am.
The
i sults
to
Va de
Mata am
we e
ot
just
att ibuted
to
pa ty
p eside t
Kha ge
a d
So ia
Ga dhi,
but
also
to
those
who
ca ied
copies
of
the
Co stitutio .& dquo;

Ba sal
was
efe i g
to
Rahul
Ga dhi
i
the
latte
pa t
of
his
stateme t.

‘Va de
Mata am
Was
Not
Tole ated& squo;

Ba sal
fu the
alleged
that
the
Co g ess
had
ot
tole ated
Va de
Mata am
du i g
the
p og amme.

“Fo
a
while,
Va de
Mata am
was
ot
tole ated.
Pe haps
Co g ess
emembe ed
the
sce e
of
1937,
whe
thei
ow
a cesto s,
alo g
with
the
Muslim
League,
to e
Va de
Mata am
i
two.
Thei
leade s
(Co g ess)
say
f om
public
platfo ms,
‘Kill
us,
but
we
will
ot
si g
Va de
Mata am’,& dquo;
he
said.

Video
Of
Co g ess
Eve t
Spa ks
Debate

A
video
f om
the
p og amme
at
I di a
Bhawa
shows
Mallika ju
Kha ge
a d
So ia
Ga dhi
talki g
a d
gestu i g
to
each
othe .
The
two
leade s
the
called
a
pa ty
membe
a d
appea ed
to
give
him
some
i st uctio s.

The
BJP
desc ibed
the
i cide t
as
u fo tu ate
a d
a
i sult
to
Va de
Mata am.

BJP
leade
Sudha shu
T ivedi
alleged
that
So ia
Ga dhi,
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Kha ge
we e
ot
sta di g
se iously
du i g
the
si gi g
a d
we e
i stead
talki g
to
each
othe
a d
calli g
someo e.

He
claimed
the
i cide t
showed
the
Co g ess’s
alleged
dis espect
fo
Va de
Mata am.

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