‘Congress should feel ashamed’: Amit Shah targets Sonia Gandhi over Vande Mataram row

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Amit
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Amit
Shah
o
Su day
lau ched
a
sha p
attack
o
Co g ess
ove
a
co t ove sy
su ou di g
the
e ditio
of
Va de
Mata am
at
the
pa ty’s
I depe de ce
Day
eve t,
accusi g
it
of
i sulti g
the
atio al
so g
a d
allegi g
that
the
i cide t
was
d ive
by
“vote-ba k”
politics.Add essi g
a
ally
i
Chitto ga h,
Rajastha ,
Shah
alleged
that
Co g ess
leade

So ia
Ga dhi
had
asked
pa ty
wo ke s
to
stop
the
e ditio
while
it
was
bei g
su g
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
o
Satu day.

“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
Ga dhi,
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.”

“How
ca
a yo e
eve
d eam
of
leavi g
the
a them
Va de
Mata am
i complete?
The
people
of
Co g ess
should
feel
ashamed,”
he
added.Shah
also
accused
the
Co g ess
of
havi g
“fo gotte
Va de
Mata am
out
of
g eed
fo
vote
ba ks”
a d
said
the
pa ty
should
apologise
to
the
people
fo
allegedly
i sulti g
the
atio al
so g.

Co g ess
de ies
BJP’s
allegatio

The
co t ove sy
e upted
o
Satu day
afte
the
BJP
sha ed
video
footage
f om
the
Co g ess’s
I depe de ce
Day
p og amme
at
I di a
Bhawa
a d
alleged
that
So ia
Ga dhi
had
objected
while
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
played.

The
Co g ess
ejected
the
allegatio
a d
mai tai ed
that
the
full
ve sio
of
Va de
Mata am
was
su g
at
the
eve t.Co g ess
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
said
the
pa ty’s
positio
o
the
so g
was
ooted
i
its
histo y
a d
cited
a
1937
meeti g
of
the
Co g ess
Wo ki g
Committee
i
Calcutta,
atte ded
by
leade s
i cludi g
Mahatma
Ga dhi,
Netaji
Subhas
Cha d a
Bose,
Sa da
Vallabhbhai
Patel,
Maula a
Abul
Kalam
Azad
a d
Jawaha lal
Neh u.Ramesh
said
the
CWC
had
decided,
followi g
advice
f om
Rabi d a ath
Tago e,
that
the
ope i g
sta zas
of
Va de
Mata am
would
be
su g
at
Co g ess
sessio s.He
also
ejected
the
claim
that
So ia
Ga dhi
had
sought
to
stop
the
so g.
Acco di g
to
Ramesh,
she
was
aski g
pa ty
wo ke s
to
a a ge
a
chai
fo
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge,
who
had
bee
sta di g
fo
some
time.

“The
full
ve sio
was
su g
at
Satu day’s
eve t,
the e
is
o
questio
of
a
co t ove sy
ove
it,”
Ramesh
said.BJP
has
co ti ued
to
ta get
the
Co g ess
ove
the
i cide t,
with
pa ty
leade s
accusi g
it
of
showi g
dis espect
towa ds
Va de
Mata am.The
ow
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
clea ed
by
the
Rajya
Sabha
a d
Lok
Sabha
i
July
a d
acco ds
Va de
Mata am
a
status
o
pa
with
the
atio al
a them,
Ja a
Ga a
Ma a.Shah’s
ema ks
came
afte
he
atte ded
a
eve t
i
Chitto ga h
with
Rajastha
chief
mi iste
Bhaja lal
Sha ma,
whe e
they
u veiled
a
statue
of
fo me
p ime
mi iste
Atal
Biha i
Vajpayee
o
his
death
a ive sa y.

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