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Congress general secretary K.C. His remarks came a day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah stood through the full rendition of the national song at the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar. The National Conference is not only a constituent of the INDIA bloc, but the Congress also supports the NC government in Jammu and Kashmir. Tagging a video of the Srinagar event on X, Mr. “For us, the considered judgment of Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Sardar Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, Rajendra Prasad, Acharya Narendra Dev, Maulana Azad, Sarojini Naidu and J.B. The decision followed consultations among Congress leaders and Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore had advised that the first part of the song, with its invocation of the beauty and abundance of the motherland. The party expressed disapproval after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah stood for the complete version at the inaugural event of the International Film Festival. He urged its allies to honour the judgement of the country’s freedom fighters, who decided to adopt only the first two paras of the song.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), on August 19, has reiterated the position of the 1937 resolution of the party, which had said that only the first two stanzas of V ande Mataram should be sung at national gatherings. Earlier reporting noted: ALSO READ: Tagore’s advice, 1937 resolution: The history behind Congress opting to sing 1st two stanzas of Vande Mataram
Venugopal on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) urged the party’s allies to follow its position of singing only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram , saying the full version of the song was at odds with the “syncretic and pluralist ethos” envisioned by the freedom movement. Venugopal said the Congress continued to regard the judgment of several prominent freedom fighters on the issue as “paramount”. Kripalani — shaped in no small part by the counsel of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore — remains paramount,” he said.
Earlier reporting noted: Congress, NC spar as Abdullahs stand for full version of Vande Mataram song The Opposition saw a major conflict of opinion over ‘ Vande Mataram ‘, as the Congress raised objections to the rendition of the full version of the national song at an event in Srinagar on Tuesday. Earlier reporting noted: Congress leader K C Venugopal on Tuesday shared a video of the event and wrote, “The full version of Vande Mataram sits uneasily with the syncretic and pluralist ethos that our freedom fighters envisioned and nurtured for India.
