BJP Targets Nehru's Legacy Over Vande Mataram Stanzas Ahead of Lok Sabha Debate

In this news report, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launches a scathing attack on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy regarding the national song, 'Vande Mataram'. The BJP claims Nehru removed stanzas from the song because he believed it would 'irritate the Muslims', terming this a 'false sense of secularism'. The controversy intensifies as the country marks the 150th year of 'Vande Mataram'. The report highlights that a debate on the issue is scheduled in the Lok Sabha today, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to participate. The BJP asserts that the song's structure was tampered with during the Swadeshi movement for vote bank politics.