BJP Demands Rahul Gandhi Apologise in Parliament for Nehru's 'Vande Matram Blunder'

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has intensified its attack on the Congress party and the Gandhi family over the historical omission of four stanzas from the national song, 'Vande Matram'. The BJP is demanding that Rahul Gandhi, in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, must apologise in Parliament for what it terms Jawaharlal Nehru's 'blunder'. A BJP leader stated that Rahul Gandhi 'should apologize because Vande Matram was first divided because of his family and his party, and after that the country was divided'. The controversy surrounds the Congress party's pre-partition decision to adopt only the first two of the original six stanzas of the song. The report also notes that while a debate on the matter is scheduled, the Congress party has put forward other speakers, not Rahul Gandhi, to represent its position.