Jairam: Govt is ignoring debate among stalwarts to push select narratives

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused the government of “weaponising nationalism” while ignoring the actual historical debates that shaped the national song, Vande Mataram.

- HT Correspondent

Participating in the debate on the 150 years of Vande Mataram in the Rajya Sabha, Ramesh said the ruling side was peddling selective narratives without acknowledging decades of discussion involving India’s foremost freedom icons.

“We have too little history in our politics and far too much politics in our history,” Ramesh remarked, as he opened his speech with a pointed jab at the Prime Minister and senior ministers “trying to become historians”.