Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge  attacked RSS, BJP, saying that these organisations had never sung Vande Mataram or our National Anthem Jana Gana Mana in their shakhas or offices.

Kharge said in a post on X, ” However, it is deeply ironic that those who today claim to be the self-proclaimed guardians of nationalism – the RSS and the BJP, have never sung Vande Mataram or our National Anthem Jana Gana Mana in their shakhas or offices. Instead, they continue to sing Namaste Sada Vatsale, a song glorifying their organisations, not the nation. Since its founding in 1925, the RSS has avoided Vande Mataram, despite its universal reverence. “

“Not once in its texts or literature does the song find mention. It is a well-known fact that the RSS and Sangh Parivar supported the British against Indians in the National Movement, did not raise the National Flag for 52 years, abused the Constitution of India, burnt effigies of Bapu and Babasaheb Ambedkar, and, in the words of Sardar Patel, were involved in Gandhiji’s assassination. The Congress Party, on the other hand, takes immense pride in both Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana. Both songs are sung with reverence at every Congress gathering and event, symbolising India’s unity and pride, ” the Congress president said.

The Congress president claimed, ” From 1896 to the present day, every Congress meeting, big or small, from a Plenary Session or a Block Level meeting, we have sung Vande Mataram with pride and patriotism as a tribute to the people of India. The Congress Party reaffirms its unshakable faith in Vande Mataram, the eternal song of our motherland, the clarion call of our unity, and the voice of India’s undying spirit.”