West Bengal chief minister and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday sought an apology from the Congress over an alleged incident during the party’s Independence Day event at the AICC headquarters on August 15.
Gandhi and Kharge can subsequently be seen allegedly gesturing to stop the song. Earlier reporting noted: ‘Shameless repetition’: Bankim Chattopadhyay’s descendant seeks Sonia Gandhi’s apology over Vande Mataram row Sumitro Chatterjee, a BJP MLA and direct descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay , has sought an unconditional apology from Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi over an alleged incident during the party’s Independence Day event at the AICC headquarters on August 15.
Adhikari criticised Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi allegedly “objecting” to the singing of the full version of Vande Mataram, calling it an “insult” to nationalism and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Earlier reporting noted: In a letter to Gandhi, the BJP MLA from Naihati said he was writing as an ordinary citizen, a patriot and a direct descendant of Bankim Chandra, expressing “deep pain, emptiness, and anger” over the episode. Earlier reporting noted: A video from the Congress event shows Gandhi speaking to party president Mallikarjun Kharge while “ Vande Mataram ” is being played.
The West Bengal CM said the entire state was “fuming” owing to the incident, and claimed that Congress was “trying to satisfy a particular vote bank”, calling it appeasement politics.
