Full Vande Mataram rendition triggers fresh Congress-BJP clash

NEW
DELHI:
A
political
ow
e upted
afte
a
video
f om
the
I depe de ce
Day
p og amme
at
Co g ess
headqua te s
showed
Co g ess
Pa liame ta y
Pa ty
(CCP)
chai pe so
So ia
Ga dhi
gestu i g
a d
e gaged
i
a
excha ge
of
comme ts
with
pa ty
p eside t

Mallika ju
Kha ge,
d awi g
the
atte tio
of
othe s,
i cludi g
Rahul
Ga dhi,
who
was
sta di g
at
some
dista ce.BJP
MP
A u ag
Thaku
said
So ia,
Rahul
a d
Kha ge
looked
“u easy”
as
‘Va de
mata am’s’
full
ve sio
was
e de ed.
“Co g ess,
due
to
its
petty
a d
appeaseme t
politics,
has
i sulted
the
atio al
so g,”
said
the
fo me
mi iste .”Kha ge
Ji
is
said
to
be
pa ty
chief,
but
So ia
Ga dhi,
by
shouti g
a d
a g ily
gesticulati g,
has
show
the
wo ld
who
is
the
eal
boss.
This
is
the
eality
of
thei
belief
i
Dalit
empowe me t,”
said
Thaku ,
efe i g
to
the
Co g ess
p eside t’s
caste
backg ou d.

Howeve ,
Co g ess
MP
Jai am
Ramesh
said:
“As
the
Co g ess
p eside t
was
sta di g
fo
a
lo g
time,
So ia
ji
was
aski g
fo
a
chai
fo
him.”
He
added
the
so g’s
full
ve sio
was
played.A u ag
said
that
si ce
the
days
of
Neh u,
Co g ess
has
bee
opposed
to
the
full
ve sio
a d
co fi ed
its
si gi g
to
the
fi st
two
pa as.
This
was
eflected
i
what
happe ed
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s,
he
added.Ramesh
ecalled
that
o
Oct
28,
1937,
a
meeti g
of
the
Co g ess
Wo ki g
Committee
was
held
i
Calcutta
i
the
p ese ce
of
Ga dhi,
Bose,
Sa da
Patel,
Maula a
Abul
Kalam
Azad,
Neh u,
GB
Pa t
a d
C
Rajagopalacha i,
a d
at
the
advice
of
Tago e,
they
decided
that
the
i itial
sta zas
of
Va de
would
be
su g
at
Co g ess
sessio s.
“We
have
bee
si gi g
those
li es
i
eve y
sessio
si ce
the ,”
he
added.Re ditio
of
‘Va de
Mata am’
at
Co g ess
sessio s
was
est icted
to
the
fi st
two
sta zas
followi g
objectio s
f om
Muslims
who
said
the
so g
is
idolat ous
a d
agai st
thei
eligious
beliefs.