# BJYM workers protest across cities over Vande Mataram row 2026-08-16T20:04:38+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (3 source reports) Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers held protests in multiple cities on Wednesday against the Congress over the Vande Mataram controversy. In Thiruvananthapuram, workers carried out a mashal march, while in Raipur they demonstrated against the party. In Ranchi, protesters burned an effigy of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The protests come amid a row over the national song Vande Mataram, with the BJP accusing the Congress of disrespecting it. The demonstrations were reported by OdishaTV across the three cities, with workers demanding an apology from the Congress leadership. ## Coverage - odishatv.in - odishatv.in (2) - odishatv.in (3) This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:17:38+00:00. Tags: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Congress, Raipur, Sonia Gandhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vande Mataram Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bjym-holds-protests-in-two-cities-over-vande-mataram-row/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bjym-holds-protests-in-two-cities-over-vande-mataram-row/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/