Six Stanzas vs Two: BJP-Congress Vande Mataram War Triggers Massive Political Storm

The political battle over Vande Mataram has intensified after the BJP passed a resolution defending the complete six-stanza version of the national song and announced a nationwide awareness campaign. The move came after the Congress Working Committee decided to restrict its recital to the first two stanzas at party programmes, triggering a fresh confrontation over history, nationalism and the…