Vande Mataram row: Congress hits back at PM with ‘proof’, says CWC followed Tagore’s advice

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking the 1937 Vande Mataram statement to India’s partition. Ramesh cited Mahatma Gandhi’s collected works and Rabindranath Tagore’s advice, stating the CWC’s decision to use only the first two stanzas was to avoid religious references and unite against British rule.