BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Monday (August 24, 2026) slammed the Opposition parties for working with a “mindset of division” and insulting ‘Vande Mataram’ , and asserted that the people of India will change their mindset.
Speaking at a Samrasta Sankalp Diwas event to mark the 650th birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas at Talkatora Stadium, Mr. “People ruled this country for hundreds of years, but they failed to uproot the foundations of our culture. Hitting out at the previous Congress governments, Mr.
Nabin said India’s culture and heritage have faced challenges over the years, but their roots are strong enough to withstand them. ‘Vande Mataram’, which laid the foundation of India’s freedom struggle and became a patriotic anthem for our martyrs and freedom fighters, is still being insulted by some people in this country,” the BJP president said. Nabin said attempts were made to divide the country’s resources along religious and social lines.
Even today, some people work with a mindset of division in society.
Mr. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also attended the event, said the sacred soil brought from Varanasi will be taken to every district and settlement in the national capital so that Ravidas’ teachings reach people.
“But our leader said that the first right over the country’s resources belongs to the poor, whose blessings brought this government to power,” he said. Nabin said government schemes are framed keeping the last person in society in mind and without discrimination based on caste, community or identity. “The Prime Minister says that development schemes must reach the last person in society. When he enters Parliament by bowing before this sacred temple of democracy, he says in his very first speech that his government will be for the poor and dedicated to the poor,” Mr. Nabin said.
