NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Celebration on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating sure components of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media submit on Vande Mataram because the get together’s nationwide music in its 1937 Faizpur session. He additionally cited Nehru’s letter to Subhash Chandra Bose the place Nehru stated that Vande Mataram has nothing to do with Goddess Durga and opines that Vande Mataram isn’t appropriate as a nationwide music.“It’s crucial for our youthful technology to understand how the Congress get together openly pandering to its communal agenda beneath the Presidency of Nehru, adopted solely a truncated Vande Mataram because the get together’s nationwide music in its 1937 Faizpur Session, whereas PM Narendra Modi at the moment will inaugurate the a hundred and fiftieth yr commemoration & take part within the mass recital of the complete model of our superb Vande Mataram throughout the nation,” Kesavan stated.
“The fantastic Vande Mataram turned the voice of our nation’s unity and solidarity, celebrating our motherland, instilling nationalistic spirit and fostering patriotism. Chanting it was made a felony offense by the British. It didn’t belong to any explicit faith or language. However the Congress dedicated the historic sin and mistake of linking the music with faith. Congress beneath Nehru citing spiritual grounds intentionally eliminated stanzas of Vande Mataram which hailed Goddess Ma Durga,” he added.The BJP chief additionally attacked chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, claiming that “Hindu Virodhi mentality” of Nehru finds a pungent echo in Congress chief’s latest remarks on Chatth Puja.“In a letter dated Sep 1, 1937, Nehru spitefully writes that anybody contemplating the phrases in Vande Mataram as something to do with a Goddess was absurd. He additionally derisively opines that Vande Mataram isn’t appropriate as a nationwide music. Netaji Subash Bose had strongly advocated for the complete authentic model of Vande Mataram. On Oct 20, 1937 Nehru wrote to Netaji Bose claiming that the background of Vande Mataram was more likely to irritate Muslims. He went on to say that there does appear to be substance relating to outcry in opposition to Vande Mataram and people who find themselves communally inclined have been affected by it,” he stated.“In 1937 if Nehru as Congress president blanked out the point out of Goddess Ma Durga by truncating Vande Mataram, Rahul Gandhi in March 2024 maliciously remarked ‘There’s a phrase referred to as Shakti in Hindu Dharma and we’re combating in opposition to Shakti’. The anti-Hindu mentality of Nehru finds a pungent echo in Rahul Gandhi who lately demeaned and maligned the sacred Chatth Puja as a drama, hurting the emotions of crores of devotees,” he added.This comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about to launch yr lengthy celebrations to commemorate 150 years of nationwide music at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday. He may also launch a commemorative stamp and coin through the occasion.This system will mark the formal launch of the year-long nationwide commemoration of the composition that impressed India’s freedom motion and continues to evoke nationwide satisfaction and unity.Composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, ‘Vande Mataram’ was first printed within the literary journal ‘Bangadarshan’ on November 7, 1875.“Later, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee included the hymn in his immortal novel ‘Anandamath’ which was printed in 1882. It was set to music by Rabindranath Tagore. It has change into an integral a part of the nation’s civilizational, political and cultural consciousness,” a authorities assertion stated.