New Delhi: Leader of House in the Rajya Sabha, J.P. Nadda, on Thursday sharpened his attack on the Congress, accusing its leaders of repeatedly undermining Vande Mataram.

In a pointed intervention during the debate on national symbols, Nadda alleged that former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath had “deleted” Vande Mataram from official practice on the first working day of every month, and claimed that Siddaramaiah in Karnataka asked Congress members not to sing Vande Mataram on Constitution Day.

Nadda’s remarks came against the backdrop of a wider discussion on the historical and cultural significance of the song, which has long been celebrated as a rallying cry of the freedom struggle.

He argued that Congress governments, both past and present, had shown a pattern of reluctance

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