Stepping up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Vande Mataram row , the Congress on Sunday (November 9, 2025) claimed that the PM has "insulted" the Congress Working Committee of 1937, which issued a statement on the song, as also Rabindranath Tagore, and said he should fight his political battles on current issues of daily concern.

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Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that the Prime Minister insulted the CWC and Tagore is shocking but not surprising "since the RSS had played no role in our Freedom Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi".

The Opposition party's attack came after the Prime Minister had said on Friday that impor

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