Rajaji Warned Congress Against Cutting Vande Mataram Under Muslim League Pressure; Party Now Limits It To Two Stanzas

The Congress party’s decision to formally restrict the singing of Vande Mataram to its first two stanzas has brought back into focus a warning issued by C. Rajagopalachari in 1939, when the Congress leadership was grappling with objections from the Muslim League over the song’s later verses. Writing at the time, Rajagopalachari cautioned against presenting […] The post Rajaji Warned Congress…