Vande Mataram song row: PM Modi says key stanzas removed in 1937; Mallikarjun Kharge hits out at BJP, RSS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the 1937 Congress government of removing stanzas from Vande Mataram, claiming it fractured the song and sowed seeds of partition. He emphasized the song's enduring inspiration for nation-building and highlighted India's civilisational ethos of the nation as a mother and Shakti.