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BJP MP demands apology from Congress over Vande Mataram conduct
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi has demanded that the Congress leadership apologise for allegedly disrespecting Vande Mataram during Independence Day celebrations at the party headquarters. Trivedi accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi,…
The Story in Brief
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi has demanded that the Congress leadership apologise for allegedly disrespecting Vande Mataram during Independence Day celebrations at the party headquarters. Trivedi accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Mallikarjun Kharge of speaking and gesturing to each other while the national song was being sung, calling it an insult to millions of Indians.
The Congress has rejected the allegations, stating that Gandhi was only asking for a chair to be brought for Kharge, who had been standing for a long time. The party maintained that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram were sung in full. Trivedi claimed this was the first Independence Day when the complete version of the song was rendered, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve.
The Indian Opinion
The Vande Mataram dispute is a manufactured crisis that tells us little about patriotism and a lot about political desperation. Both parties know six stanzas were sung at the Congress office. The real issue is whether a chair was being arranged for the aged party president, which is a mundane explanation, or whether leaders were deliberately disrespectful, which is an explosive charge. Watch whether the BJP releases a video clip that clearly shows the alleged gestures. Without that footage, this is just another he-said-she-said designed to distract from bread-and-butter issues.
Source: news.abplive.com
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