Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru while addressing a discussion on Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha. The PM said that the Congress did tukde tukde of the national song and Jawaharlal Nehru claimed that Vande Mataram could incite Muslims.

"Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a letter to Subhash Chandra Bose after Jinnah’s opposition to Vande Mataram, stating that he had read the background of Vande Mataram and thought it might provoke and irritate Muslims. He added that they would examine the use of Vande Mataram, and that too in Bankim Chandra’s Bengal," he said. - Ends

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