A major political controversy has erupted between the BJP and the Congress over the 150th anniversary of the national song, Vande Mataram, with the BJP accusing the grand old party of altering the song on religious grounds in the past. At the heart of the controversy is the anchor’s statement that, ‘Nehru in fact in a letter had written and I quote Vande Mataram not suitable as a national song.’ The current flashpoint coincides with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating a year-long commemoration of the song’s 150th year. The debate revisits the 1937 decision by a Congress committee, which included Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose, to adopt only the first two stanzas of the song penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, after objections were raised regarding the religious context of the later verses. The BJP has seized on this historical decision, citing letters from the era to question the Congress’s motives.
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