BJP lodges complaint against Sonia Gandhi as Vande Mataram row intensifies

The
co t ove sy
e upted
afte
visuals
f om
the
I depe de ce
Day
p og amme
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
showed
se io
pa ty
leade s
speaki g
amo g
themselves

NEW
DELHI:
BJP
leade s
o
Su day
lodged
a
fo mal
complai t
agai st
Co g ess
Pa liame ta y
Pa ty
chai pe so

So ia
Ga dhi
at
the
U wa
Police
Statio
i
Ka ataka.
The
move
escalated
a
political
ow
ove
the
ecitatio
of

Va de
Mata am
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
i
New
Delhi
o
I depe de ce
Day.The
co t ove sy
followed
visuals
f om
the
August
15
eve t
showi g
se io
Co g ess
leade s
speaki g
amo g
themselves
while
the
Natio al
So g
was
bei g
ecited.
BJP
leade s
alleged
that
the
co duct
amou ted
to
dis espect
towa ds
the
atio al
so g,
while
the
Co g ess
ejected
the
cha ge
a d
said
the e
was
o
attempt
to
stop
the
e ditio .BJP
MP
Ma oj
Tiwa i
accused
the
Co g ess
leade ship
of
showi g
discomfo t
towa ds
the
Natio al
So g
a d
ta geted
So ia
Ga dhi,
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
a d
leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi.”Yeste day,
the
Co g ess
evealed
its
t ue
face
to
the
cou t y
a d
the
wo ld.
They
ha bou
such
hat ed
fo
‘Va de
Mata am’…
You
saw
how
u comfo table
So ia
Ga dhi
a d
Mallika ju
Kha ge
became
yeste day
the
mome t
the
full
ve sio
of
‘Va de
Mata am’
was
played…
Whe
they
saw
it
had
bee
eco ded
o
came a,
they
t ied
to
give
expla atio s,”
Tiwa i
told
ews
age cy
ANI.The
co t ove sy
also
d ew
a
sha p
attack
f om
U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah,
who
aised
the
issue
at
a
ally
i
Chitto ga h,
Rajastha .

Shah
alleged
that
So ia
had
asked
pa ty
wo ke s
to
stop
the
e ditio .”Look
at
thei
(Co g ess’s)
shameless ess.
The
a them
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
su g
at
the

Co g ess
Pa ty
headqua te s.
Du i g
the
a them,
Co g ess
leade
So ia
Ga dhi
told
the
Co g ess
P eside t
to
stop
si gi g.
We
all
just
kept
watchi g
o
TV,”
Shah
said.He
di ectly
add essed
So ia,
sayi g,
“So ia
ji,
140
c o e
people
a e
watchi g
you.
This
si
you
have
committed
will
eve
be
fo give
by
the
people
of
this
cou t y.”The
Co g ess
has
mai tai ed
that
the
allegatio s
a e
baseless.
The
pa ty
said
the e
was
o
attempt
to
stop
the
full
ve sio
of
Va de
Mata am
a d
that
So ia
Ga dhi
was
o ly
t yi g
to
e su e
p ope
a a geme ts
at
the
eve t,
i cludi g
aski g
fo
a
chai
fo
Kha ge,
who
had
bee
sta di g.The
issue
has
also
d aw
c iticism
f om
VHP
spokespe so
Vi od
Ba sal
a d
BJP
MLA
Umit o
Chatte jee,
a
di ect
desce da t
of
Ba kim
Cha d a
Chattopadhyay.
Chatte jee
sought
a
u co ditio al
apology
f om
So ia
Ga dhi,
sayi g
he
w ote
as
“a
o di a y
citize ,
a
pat iot”
a d
desce da t
of
the
so g’s
autho ,
exp essi g
“deep
pai ,
empti ess,
a d
a ge ”.
I voki g
S i
Au obi do’s
desc iptio
of
Va de
Mata am
as
the
“ eligio
of
pat iotism”,
he
cited
its
ole
i
I dia’s
f eedom
moveme t
a d
its
associatio
with
leade s
i cludi g
Khudi am
Bose,
Bal
Ga gadha
Tilak
a d
Rabi d a ath
Tago e.

I
a
fi st
fo
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s,
‘Va de
Mata am’,
with
the
full
six
sta zas,
was
e de ed
at
the
Red
Fo t
complex
du i g
the
histo ic
occasio
o
August
15,
followed
by
the
ecitatio
of
the
atio al
a them
at
the
g a d
eve t.

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