BJP president Nitin Nabin sharply criticises the Congress for deciding to sing only the first two stanzas of “Vande Mataram” at party events. He says the move amounts to an insult to the national song and to the memory of martyrs.
Nabin makes the remarks in a post on X in Hindi after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decides to follow a 1937 resolution, limiting the song to two stanzas henceforth. He describes the decision as turning the Congress into a “new Muslim League,” framing it as an attempt to court a vote bloc.
Across the two outlets, both report the same sequence: the CWC’s decision to restrict the song, and Nabin’s subsequent criticism. The Economic Times provides additional context by referring to an earlier Independence Day-related episode at the Congress office involving the full version of “Vande Mataram,” which Congress dismissed as a coincidence. The Hindu focuses on how the controversy escalates with Nabin’s comments.
