NEW DELHI: Opposition events on Monday stated the dialogue on Vande Mataram in Parliament was timed for the approaching West Bengal meeting polls and that the federal government needed to divert consideration from the issues folks had been dealing with.Collaborating in a dialogue in Lok Sabha on 150 years of the nationwide music, penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at Modi, saying he’s not the PM he was as his “self-confidence was lowering and insurance policies had been weakening the nation”. The Wayanad MP additionally slammed BJP for concentrating on India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru and alleged the government needed the talk to make contemporary fees in opposition to those that fought for the nation’s freedom.The Congress MP additionally listed the “chronology” of ‘Vande Mataram’, citing Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s letter to which Nehru replied, to rebut the PM’s cost that Congress indulged in politics of appeasement over the nationwide music.Let’s have debate on Nehru, shut that chapter: Priyanka GandhiModi ji talked about a letter within the Home, through which he stated that on Oct 20, Nehru ji had written to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. However the PM didn’t point out the letter written on Oct 17, which Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ji had written to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji… PM Modi quoted one line of this (Nehru’s) reply right here, however the remainder of what Nehru ji wrote was – ‘there isn’t a doubt that the current outcry in opposition to Vande Mataram is to a big extent a manufactured one by the Communalists. No matter we do, we can not pander to Communalist emotions’,” Priyanka Gandhi stated.Referring to Modi’s speech, she stated, “Since you retain speaking about Nehru, let’s do one factor, let’s assign a time for a dialogue, checklist out all of the insults in opposition to him… debate it and let’s shut the chapter as soon as and for all,” she stated, including that “after that, let’s speak about right this moment’s points – value rise and unemployment…The subject that we’re discussing is a part of the soul of the nation. After we point out ‘Vande ‘Mataram’, it reminds us of the historical past of our freedom battle. This debate is unusual; this music has made a spot in folks’s hearts; so what’s the want for a debate?” Priyanka stated. In 1896, Rabindranath Tagore sang it for the primary time at a Congress session, she stated.She added questioning the choice of getting the primary two stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ because the nationwide music was akin to questioning the Constituent Meeting and its members.Congress deputy chief in LS Gaurav Gogoi stated it’s the PM’s behavior to maintain referring to Nehru and Congress at any time when he speaks on any subject. “He (Modi) took Nehru ji’s title 14 instances and that of Congress 50 instances in the course of the debate on Operation Sindoor. When there was a dialogue on the seventy fifth anniversary of the Structure, Nehru’s title was taken 10 instances and that of Congress 26 instances.” “In the course of the dialogue on the President’s handle in 2022, he took Nehru ji’s title 15 instances. The PM, in the course of the dialogue on the President’s handle in 2020, took Nehru ji’s title 20 instances. I wish to say with utmost humility to Modi ji and his complete system, irrespective of how exhausting you attempt, you will not have the ability to put even a single blot on Pandit Nehru’s contributions.” Gogoi stated the PM’s speech had two goals – “to rewrite historical past and provides a political colour to this debate”.