‘Bitter disdain persists’: BJP slams Shashi Tharoor over Vande Mataram remark

NEW
DELHI:
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty
o
Tuesday
slammed
Co g ess
leade
Shashi
Tha oo
fo
claimi g
that
sta di g
th ough
the
full
e ditio
of
Va de
Mata am
pushes
the
limits
of
huma
e du a ce.BJP
spokespe so
CR
Kesava
said
that
Tha oo ‘s
ema k
was
at
odds
with
the
sac ifices
of
the
f eedom
fighte s
who
gave
thei
lives
fo
the
cou t y’s
i depe de ce
while
utte i g
“Va de
Mata am.””Se io
Co g ess
leade
states
that
the
full
o igi al
e ditio
of
Va de
Mata am,
which
takes
3
mi utes
a d
10
seco ds,
is
too
le gthy
fo
people
to
sta d
th ough
espectfully
a d
patie tly,”
Kesava
said
i
a
social
media
post
o
X.”Is
this
ot
ext emely
i o ic
comi g
f om
the
se vile
Co g ess
pa ty,
which
fo
mo e
tha
75
lo g
yea s
has
patie tly
a d
sycopha tically
bee
kowtowi g
to
the
Neh u-Ga dhi
fi st
family.
Such
callous
ema ks
deeply
disho ou
a d
dis espect
the
selfless
sac ifices
of
ge e atio s
of
f eedom
fighte s
who
pat iotically
gave
up
thei
lives
utte i g
“Va de
Mata am”
fo
ou
atio ‘s
i depe de ce,”
he
added.Kesava
also
accused
Co g ess
of
showi g
disdai
towa ds
the
so g,
claimi g
that
the
hesita ce
stems
f om
appeaseme t
politics
a d
discomfo t
with
t aditio al
atio al
symbols.

“F om
Neh u’s
Co g ess
which
t u cated
Va de
Mata am
to
Rahul
Ga dhi,
bitte
disdai
a d
a tipathy
of
the
Co g ess
pa ty
agai st
Va de
Mata am
pe sists.
I
a
lette
dated
Ju e
21,
1948,
to
D .
Syama
P asad
Mooke jee,
Jawaha lal
Neh u
with
his
Macaulay
colo ial
mi dset
said
Va de
Mata am’s
tu e
was
ot
suitable
fo
fo eig
o chest a
a d
ba ds.
Neh u
demea ed
Va de
Mata am
stati g
it
was
u fit
to
be
ou
Natio al
A them,”
the
BJP
spokespe so
said.”We
a e
t uly
tha kful
to
PM
@ a e d amodi
ji
fo
esto i g
the
espect
a d
ho ou
of
Va de
Mata am
a d
maki g
su e
it
is
e de ed
i
its
glo ious
o igi al
fo m
at
public
eve ts
–
a d
fo
the
fi st
time
eve
at
the
Red
Fo t
this
I depe de ce
Day.
PM
Modi
ji
has
e su ed
a
fitti g
t ibute
to
the
ge e atio s
of
b ave
he oes
a d
he oi es
who
selflessly
sac ificed
fo
ou
atio ‘s
f eedom,”
he
added.Ea lie
i
the
day,
Tha oo
questio ed
the
p actical
implicatio s
of
the
Va de
Mata am
ame dme t,
sayi g
the
equi eme t
to
si g
the
Natio al
So g
i
full
at
official
fu ctio s
could
esult
i
audie ces
sta di g
fo
seve al
mi utes
befo e
a d
afte
eve ts.I
a
post
o
X,
Tha oo
said
the
P eside t
had
asse ted
to
the
ame dme t,
which
was
passed
i
Pa liame t
without
discussio .
He
said
the
ame ded
p ovisio
equi es
the
full
Natio al
So g
to
be
su g
at
the
begi i g
a d
e d
of
official
fu ctio s,
i
additio
to
the
Natio al
A them.”The
P eside t
has
asse ted
to
the
#Va deMata am
Ame dme t,
passed
without
discussio
i
Pa liame t,
which
equi es
the
si gi g
of
the
Natio al
So g
i
full
at
the
sta t
a d
e di g
of
a y
official
fu ctio ,
i
additio
to
the
Natio al
A them.”As
o e
who
g eatly
espects
both,
a d
ca
si g
the
fi st
two
sta zas
of
the
fo me
(but
ot
the
othe
fou ,
which
we e
eve
equi ed
till
ow)
as
well
as
the
e ti e
a them,
i
would
like
to
poi t
to
just
o e
p actical
co side atio
ou
zealots
appea
to
have
ove looked:
huma
atu e,”
Tha oo
added.”‘Ja a
Ga a
Ma a’
equi es
audie ces
to
sta d
espectfully
a d
focus
thei
atte tio
fo
a
easo able
52
seco ds.
The
Natio al
So g
i
full
takes
3
mi utes
a d
10
seco ds.
Tamil
Nadu
has
just
decided
that
both
will
be
p eceded
by
the
State
So g
i
Tamil
fo
a othe
2
mi utes.
Do
we
eally
expect
audie ces
to
sta d
still
a d
espectfully
fo
six
mi utes
befo e
a d
afte
eve y
fu ctio ,
a
total
of
12
ext a
mi utes?
Ca
espect
a d
patie ce
be
legislated?
I
fea
that
the
i te t
of
the
Bill,
to
p omote
g eate
espect
fo
the
Natio al
So g,
will
ot
be
achieved,
but
its
opposite
may
well
be,”
he
fu the
said.

P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu
had
give
he
asse t
to
the
P eve tio
of
I sults
to
Natio al
Ho ou
(Ame dme t)
Bill,
2026,
exte di g
statuto y
p otectio
u de
the
law
to
the
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am.The
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am
will
be
su g
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
ico ic
Red
Fo t
o
August
15.The
U io
gove me t
a ou ced
o
Mo day
that
this
yea ‘s
celeb atio s
will
focus
o
the
co t ibutio
of
I dia’s
youth
towa ds
achievi g
the
goal
of
a
developed
atio ,
o
‘Viksit
Bha at’
by
2047.