The Opposition on Monday accused PM Narendra Modi of attempting to “rewrite history” and giving a “political colour” to the “Vande Mataram” debate, and asserted that no matter how much the BJP tries, it will not be able to put a single blot on the contribution of country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

During a debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram in LS, Congress Deputy Leader in LS Gaurav Gogoi said it was the Congress that gave Vande Mataram the importance it deserved and the status of the national song. Gogoi pointed out that PM Modi “took Nehruji’s name 14 times and that of the Congress 50 times during the debate on Operation Sindoor. When there was a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the Constitution, Nehru’s name was taken 10 times and that of the Congress 26 times.”

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