PM 'insulted' Tagore: Cong cites CWC statement

Stepping up its attack on Narendra Modi over the Vande Mataram row, the Congress on Sunday claimed the Prime Minister has “insulted” the Congress Working Committee of 1937, which issued a statement on the song, as also Rabindranath Tagore.

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The Opposition party demanded an apology from PM Modi over the issue and asserted that he should fight his political battles on current issues of daily concern.

‘The Congress’ attack came after the Prime Minister said on Friday that important stanzas of “Vande Mataram” were dropped in 1937, which sowed the seeds of partition, and asserted that such a “divisive mindset’ is still a challenge for the country.

Modi had made the comments after inaugurating the yearlong commemoration of “Vande Mataram” to mark 150 years of the national song.