Fadnavis Slams Congress Over ‘Vande Mataram’ Row, Accuses Party of Appeasement Politics

Mumbai, August 20: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has launched a sharp attack on the Congress over its reported decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram, calling the move “anti-national” and alleging that it amounts to an open disregard for a law enacted by Parliament.

In a strongly worded post on his social media platform X, Fadnavis accused the Congress of once again resorting to appeasement politics for electoral gains. He invoked the history of Vande Mataram and alleged that the Congress had “divided” the national song in 1937 to pursue what he described as appeasement politics.

According to Fadnavis, that decision contributed to strengthening the two-nation theory and ultimately played a role in the Partition of India. He said the country had already witnessed the serious consequences of such a political approach.

The Chief Minister further claimed that, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, the Narendra Modi-led government had sought to correct what he described as a historic mistake by giving legal recognition to the singing of the complete national song.

Fadnavis accused the Congress, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, of once again returning to what he called the “old path of appeasement” for vote-bank politics.

He warned that the country had already suffered grave consequences from attempts to divide Vande Mataram and urged citizens to raise their voices collectively against the Congress’s position.