{"id":12951,"date":"2026-08-16T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:16:15","slug":"entire-bengal-fuming-suvendu-adhikari-slams-congress-sonia-gandhi-over-i-day-vande-mataram-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12951","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Entire Bengal fuming\u2019: Suvendu Adhikari slams Congress&#8217; Sonia Gandhi over I-Day Vande Mataram row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img 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surrounding the recitation of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vande-mataram\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vande Mataram<\/a> at the Congress headquarters on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/independence-day\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence Day<\/a>, saying the &#8216;Entire Bengal fuming, Congress must apologise&#8217;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Adhikari also accused the Congress of indulging in &#8220;appeasement politics&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;It&#8217;s appeasement politics, Cong trying to satisfy particular vote bank,&#8221; he said while further adding that it&#8217;s an insult to nationalism, and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div 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data-pos=\"13\"\/>The row erupted after visuals from the August 15 event showed senior Congress leaders speaking among themselves while Vande Mataram was being recited.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>BJP leaders has lodged a formal complaint against at the Urwa Police Station in Karnataka.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Congress rejects allegations<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The Congress has rejected the charge and said there was no attempt to stop the rendition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Maintaining that the allegations are baseless, the party said there was no attempt to stop the full version of Vande Mataram and that Sonia Gandhi was only trying to ensure proper arrangements at the event, including asking for a chair for Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who had been standing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>In a first for Independence Day celebrations, Vande Mataram, with all six stanzas, was rendered at the Red Fort complex on August 15, followed by the national anthem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/entire-bengal-fuming-suvendu-adhikari-slams-congress-sonia-gandhi-over-i-day-vande-mataram-row\/articleshow\/133272927.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari slams Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday slammed Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi over the controversy surrounding the recitation of Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day, saying the &#8216;Entire Bengal fuming, Congress must apologise&#8217;.Adhikari also accused the Congress of 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