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So ia
Ga dhi’s
Va de
Mata am
ow:
BJP
alleges
‘hat ed’,
Co g ess
calls
claim
false

NEW
DELHI:
A
political
ow
e upted
o
Satu day
ove
the
e ditio
of
the
full
ve sio
of
Va de
Mata am
at
the
Co g ess’s
I depe de ce
Day
eve t,
with
the
BJP
accusi g
g a d
old
pa ty’s
fo me
chief
So ia
Ga dhi
of
objecti g
to
the
atio al
so g
a d
the
oppositio
pa ty
ejecti g
the
allegatio .The
BJP
sha ed
video
footage
f om
the
Co g ess’s
eve t
at
I di a
Bhawa
a d
alleged
that
So ia
questio ed
pa ty
wo ke s
while
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
played.
Co g ess,
howeve ,
said
the e
was
o
attempt
to
stop
the
full
e ditio
a d
that
So ia
was
me ely
aski g
fo
a
chai
fo
pa ty
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge,
who
had
bee
sta di g
fo
some
time.BJP
spokespe so
Gopal
K ish a
Aga wal,
sha i g
the
footage
o
X,
accused
the
Co g ess
of
showi g
dis espect
towa ds
the
atio al
so g.
“The
sce e
that
has
come
to
light
today
o
I depe de ce
Day
is
utte ly
shameful.”He
said,
“So ia
Ga dhi’s
objectio
du i g
the
e ditio
of
I dia’s
atio al
so g,
‘Va de
Mata am’,
a d
he
questio i g
of
Co g ess
wo ke s
as
to
why
it
was
bei g
played
exposes
the
Co g ess
pa ty’s
mi dset.”Aga wal
said
Va de
Mata am
ep ese ted
mo e
tha
a
pat iotic
so g,
calli g
it
a
symbol
of
I dia’s
f eedom
st uggle
a d
atio al
co scious ess.

“Is
this
the
same
Co g ess
that
lays
claim
to
the
legacy
of
the
atio ‘s
f eedom
st uggle?”
he
asked.He
also
alleged
that
the
Co g ess’s
alleged
app oach
towa ds
the
atio al
so g
eflected
the
pa ty’s
“Eme ge cy
mi dset”.”The
people
of
the
cou t y
have
ejected
this
mi dset
a d
will
co ti ue
to
eject
it,”
he
said.

Co g ess
ejects
BJP’s
allegatio

The
Co g ess
dismissed
the
BJP’s
claim
a d
mai tai ed
that
the
full
ve sio
of
Va de
Mata am
was
su g
at
its
I depe de ce
Day
p og amme.Co g ess
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
cited
the
pa ty’s
histo ical
associatio
with
the
so g
a d
efe ed
to
a
1937
meeti g
of
the
Co g ess
Wo ki g
Committee
i
Calcutta,
atte ded
by
seve al
p omi e t
leade s
of
the
f eedom
moveme t.”O
Octobe
28,
1937,
i
Calcutta,
a
meeti g
of
the
Co g ess
Wo ki g
Committee
was
held
i
the
p ese ce
of
Mahatma
Ga dhi,
Netaji
Subhas
Cha d a
Bose,
Sa da
Vallabhbhai
Patel,
Maula a
Abul
Kalam
Azad,
Jawaha lal
Neh u,
Govi d
Ballabh
Pa t
a d
C
Rajagopalacha i,
a d
o
the
advice
of
Gu udev
Rabi d a ath
Tago e,
they
decided
that
the
i itial
sta zas
of
Va de
Mata am
would
be
su g
at
the
Co g ess
sessio s,”
Ramesh
said.Ramesh
said
Tago e
had
advised
Neh u
a d
Bose
that
the
ope i g
po tio s
of
the
so g
should
be
used
at
Co g ess
gathe i gs.”Tago e
gave
the
advice
to
Neh u
a d
Bose
that
the
fi st
few
pa ag aphs
of
Va de
Mata am
should
be
used,
he
said.”We
have
bee
si gi g
those
li es
i
eve y
sessio
si ce
them,
ou
Seva
Dal
si gs
it,
ou
wo ke s
si g
it,
the e
is
o
co t ove sy
ove
that,”
Ramesh
said.”He
st essed
that
the
complete
ve sio
was
su g
at
Satu day’s
eve t
a d
said
the
issue
had
al eady
bee
debated
exte sively
i
Pa liame t.”This
was
discussed
i
Pa liame t
fo
16
hou s.
We
put
fo wa d
ou
views.
I
a ated
the
whole
histo y
a ou d
it
which
the
p ime
mi iste
a d
the
home
mi iste
did
ot
k ow.
I
i fo med
MPs
of
the
co text
i
which
the
Va de
Mata am
decisio
was
take ,”
Ramesh
said.

“But
today,
at
I di a
Bhawa ,
the
full
ve sio
was
su g,
the e
is
o
questio
of
a
co t ove sy
ove
it,”
he
added.Asked
specifically
about
the
BJP’s
allegatio
that
So ia
had
t ied
to
stop
the
full
e ditio ,
Ramesh
offe ed
a
diffe e t
expla atio
fo
what
was
see
i
the
video.”As
the
Co g ess
p eside t
was
sta di g
fo
a
lo g
time,
So iaji
was
aski g
fo
a
chai
fo
him,”
he
said.

BJP
escalates
attack

BJP
spokespe so
R
P
Si gh
also
ta geted
So ia
ove
the
co t ove sy,
questio i g
he
alleged
oppositio
to
the
atio al
so g.”Why
does
A to io
Mai o
Ji
hate
Va de
Mata am
so
much?
Whe
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
su g,
A to io
Mai o
Ji
epo tedly
became
so
a g y
that
she
allegedly
got
agitated
a d
asked
he
pa ty
wo ke s
to
stop
it.
Why
such
hat ed
fo
Va de
Mata am?”The
ow
ove
Va de
Mata am
comes
sho tly
afte
Pa liame t
passed
legislatio
deali g
with
dis espect
towa ds
the
atio al
so g.
The
P eve tio
of
I sults
to
Natio al
Ho ou
(Ame dme t)
Bill,
2026,
was
passed
by
the
Lok
Sabha
th ough
a
voice
vote
o
July
30,
a
day
afte
the
Rajya
Sabha
clea ed
it.The
legislatio
g a ts
Va de
Mata am
a
status
o
pa
with
the
atio al
a them,
Ja a
Ga a
Ma a.

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