NEW DELHI: PM Modi alleged Friday that in 1937 "significant verses" of ' Vande Mataram ' were dropped, "sowing the seeds of the country's Partition", in what was seen as an attack on Congress in the midst of the Bihar elections and months before Bengal goes to the polls. Launching year-long celebrations to mark 150 years of the national song, where he recited all six stanzas, PM Modi warned that the "same divisive mindset" remained a challenge to the nation. "The spirit of 'Vande Mataram' illuminated the entire nation during the freedom struggle. But unfortunately, in 1937, crucial verses of 'Vande Mataram', a part of its soul, were severed. 'Vande Mataram' was broken, torn into pieces," the PM said without naming anyone. "Why was this great mantra of nation-building treated with suc

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