Congress:PM Modi,BJP leaders exposed after Vande Mataram debate

After both Houses of Parliament held an extended debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram, the Congress on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “his entire brigade” had been thoroughly “bruised and exposed for their lies”.Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh noted that the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha debated Vande Mataram for three consecutive days. The national anthem also figured in several speeches, he said in a post on X.“It is clear that the PM and his entire brigade have NOT read the two definitive and authoritative books on the national song and the national anthem – written by two of India’s finest historians, in the true sense of that term,” Ramesh wrote, sharing screenshots of Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s Song of India: A Study of the National Anthem and Sabyasachi Bhattacharya’s Vande Mataram.“It is too much to expect that they would do so even after being thoroughly bruised and exposed for their lies,” he added.

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have debated Vande Mataram for three days. The national anthem also figured in some speeches.

It is clear that the PM and his entire brigade have NOT read the two definitive and authoritative books on the national song and the national anthem -… pic.twitter.com/vesV41hNq2

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 11, 2025

Earlier, Ramesh had cited historian Sugata Bose’s remarks that it was on Rabindranath Tagore’s advice in 1937 that the Congress decided only the first part of Vande Mataram would be sung at national meetings. He said these comments “further expose” Prime Minister Modi’s claims.While the Lok Sabha debated the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram on Monday, the Rajya Sabha continued the discussion over two days—Tuesday and Wednesday. The Opposition on Wednesday accused BJP leaders of distorting history, with Ramesh saying the entire purpose of the debate was to malign first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and insult freedom fighters, including Rabindranath Tagore.On Monday, Prime Minister Modi had launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that Nehru betrayed Vande Mataram by bowing to Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s opposition to the national song, which he said led to its fragmentation and set India on a path of appeasement politics.The debate on the 150th anniversary saw the treasury and opposition benches locked in a heated verbal duel over nationalism, historical interpretation, and political legacy, making it one of the most contentious exchanges of the session.