Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (August 20, 2026) launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that its decision to render only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram reflected appeasement politics, disrespected martyrs and undermined national unity.
In a statement to the media, Mr. Ultimately, the country was partitioned, and Pakistan was born,” Mr. The Congress chose to disregard the initiative, Mr. Under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, the party is once again vigorously advancing the politics of appeasement,” Mr. “When, just a few days ago, this same insult had been exposed in the conduct of an individual, the Congress had dismissed it as a coincidence.
“I want to remind the entire country that in 1937, the Congress party, for the sake of Muslim appeasement, split Vande Mataram into two pieces, laying the foundation for the country’s Partition, and from there, the two-nation theory gained strength. “Today, the Congress is adhering to its 1937 resolution and rejecting the Parliament’s Act. Gandhi during a rendition of Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on August 15, 2026.
Shah termed the Congress Working Committee’s move on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) to feature only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram at party functions, in line with the All India Congress Committee resolution of 1937, as “anti-national”. Shah said. The “historic mistake” was corrected in the 150th year of the emergence of the National Song by the Narendra Modi government, in an effort to “strengthen national integration by singing Bankim babu’s (Bankim Chandra Chatterjee) immortal creation in full”. “A decision was made to sing it completely in all government programmes, and this decision has also been given legal backing,” the Minister said. Shah said, confirming its “extreme policy of appeasement”. “For the sake of vote banks, they have not only disrespected Bankim babu’s immortal creation but also insulted those millions of martyrs who went to the gallows for the country’s freedom while chanting the slogan of Vande Mataram ,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: “Extreme Appeasement”: Amit Shah Blasts Congress Over Full Vande Mataram Snub “Extreme Appeasement”: Amit Shah Blasts Congress Over Full Vande Mataram Snub “Extreme Appeasement”: Amit Shah Blasts Congress Over Full Vande Mataram Snub Earlier reporting noted: Shah said that the Congress’ decision was not merely symbolic but a repetition of a historical error that had contributed to the partition of India. Shah said that the Congress’ decision was not merely symbolic but a repetition of a historical error that had contributed to the partition of India. Shah accused the Congress of reviving its “extreme policy of appeasement” after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram , in line with the party’s 1936-37 resolution.
Today, that very insult has become the Congress’s policy,” Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin said on X, in an apparent reference to a gesture by Ms. Earlier reporting noted: Amid the ongoing showdown between the BJP and the Congress over Vande Mataram , Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the opposition party.
Describing the Congress Working Committee’s decision as an affront to the sacred invocation of “ Bharat Mata ”, Mr. Nabin said the Congress had become “the new Muslim League of today”. It was proof of the “hunger for that vote bank before which the Congress has repeatedly pawned the nation’s self-respect,” Mr. Nabin said.
