Vande Mataram row: Amit Shah takes ‘sin’ jibe at Sonia; Congress says minister ‘diverting attention’

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
o
Su day
stepped
up
its
attack
o
U io
home
mi iste

Amit
Shah
afte
he
alleged
that
vete a
leade

So ia
Ga dhi
committed
a
si
by
stoppi g
atio al
so g

Va de
Mata am
midway
at
the
pa ty
headqua te s
o
I depe de ce
Day.I
a
social
media
post
o
X,
Co g ess
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
said
Shah
was
dema di g
a
apology
f om
So ia
Ga dhi
to
dive t
atte tio
f om
eal
issues
a d
the
gove me t’s
massive
failu es.Without
ami g
Shah,
Jai am
Ramesh
said,
“A
ma
who
i sulted
D .
Ambedka
i
the
Rajya
Sabha
o
Decembe
17,
2024.
A
ma
who
comes
f om
that
ideology
which,
u til
Ja ua y
2002,
did
ot
eve
deem
it
app op iate
to
hoist
the
t icolou
at
its
headqua te s.
A
ma
who
is
di ectly
espo sible
fo
the
b utality
of
the
Delhi
Police
agai st
youths
p otesti g
peacefully.”

“Now
the
same
ma
is
dema di g
a
apology
f om
the
Co g ess
to
dive t
atte tio
f om
today’s
eal
issues
a d
the
massive
failu es
of
himself
a d
his
maste ,”
he
added.This
came
hou s
afte
Shah
accused
So ia
Ga dhi
of
stoppi g
the
atio al
so g
midway
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
a d
said
that
people
would
eve
fo get
the
“si ”
she
had
committed.

Refe i g
to
a
video
f om
the
Co g ess
headqua te s,
Shah
said,
“Look
at
thei
(Co g ess’s)
shameless ess.
The
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
su g
at
the
Co g ess
pa ty
headqua te s.
Du i g
the
so g,
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.””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
atio al
so g
Va de
Mata am
i complete?
The
people
of
Co g ess
should
feel
ashamed.
If
the e
is
a y
shame
left,
you
should
fold
you
ha ds
a d
apologise
to
Ba kim
Babu’s
immo tal
spi it
a d
the
people,”
he
added.Ea lie
o
Satu day,
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
while
Va de
Mata am
was
bei g
ecited.The
BJP
c iticised
thei
co duct,
allegi g
that
it
amou ted
to
dis espect
towa ds
the
Natio al
So g.BJP
leade
Amit
Malviya
alleged
that
So ia
Ga dhi
had
objected
to
the
full
e ditio
of
the
Natio al
So g
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
eve t
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s.Malviya
claimed
that
So ia
Ga dhi
became
“agitated”
afte
the
i itial
sta zas
we e
su g
a d
asked
fo
the
e ditio
to
be
stopped,
while
Rahul
Ga dhi
also
appea ed
to
sig al
that
it
should
e d.
He
alleged
that
the
so g
was
eve theless
allowed
to
co ti ue
a d
was
eve tually
su g
i
full.”Fo
the
fi st
time,
the
e ti e
‘Va de
Mata am’
was
su g
at
the
Co g ess
headqua te s
o
I depe de ce
Day.
Afte
the
i itial
sta zas
of
Va de
Mata am
we e
su g,
So ia
Ga dhi
became
agitated
a d
asked
fo
the
e ditio
to
be
stopped
athe
tha
played
i
full.
Rahul
Ga dhi
too
appea ed
to
sig al
that
it
should
e d,”
Malviya
said.

Howeve ,
the
Co g ess
asse ted
that
So ia
Ga dhi’s
actio s
had
othi g
to
do
with
the
atio al
so g
played
at
the
ve ue.
The
pa ty
mai tai ed
that
she
was
me ely
t yi g
to
e su e
that
the
co ect
a a geme ts
fo
Va de
Mata am
we e
followed
at
the
eve t.