Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:21pm on 08 Dec 2025,Monday India
During the Lok Sabha debate on December 8, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Vande Mataram as a unifying national symbol and criticized the Congress for allegedly diluting its sanctity under historical pressures. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sharply contested his claims, calling the speech “weak on facts” and accusing the government of politicizing the national song ahead of West Bengal elections. She read out Subhas Chandra Bose’s letter highlighting selective historical representation, arguing the debate misrepresented events from 1937. Priyanka questioned the necessity of revisiting Vande Mataram decades after independence, labeling it an unnecessary politicization of a cherished national symbol. (PC: India Today)
