BJP Passes Resolution Condemning Congress Stance on Vande Mataram

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday adopted a resolution strongly condemning the Congress Working Committee’s decision to reaffirm its 1937 resolution restricting Vande Mataram to its first two stanzas at party programmes.

BJP national president Nitin Nabin said the party regards the complete six-stanza song as the National Song of Bharat, an expression of reverence for Bharat Mata and a symbol of the freedom struggle. The resolution affirms the Constituent Assembly’s 1950 position and the statutory protection Parliament granted the song in 2026, placing it on par with the National Anthem.

The BJP stated that a political compromise from 1937 cannot override later constitutional and statutory settlements. It pledged to launch a nationwide campaign, especially among the young, to ensure the full song and its history are not forgotten. The party also resolved to highlight Mahatma Gandhi’s description of Vande Mataram as an anti-imperialist slogan linked to the purest national sentiment.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had earlier questioned why BJP leaders had not sung the full version for years if the issue was so important.