NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah asserted Tuesday that had Congress not "divided" Vande Mataram , India would not have been partitioned as its concession to the Muslim League over the song in 1937 started the politics of appeasement, which finally led to the country's division. Initiating the discussion in Rajya Sabha on Vande Mataram's 150th anniversary, Shah articulated a muscular concept of cultural nationalism, a founding tenet of BJP and the larger Sangh Parivar, and said Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's composition affirmed the ancient civilisational glory and tradition of worshipping the motherland that suffered from Islamic invasions and British rule. Shah slammed the opposition for belittling Vande Mataram by statements that the discussion was a way to divert attention fr

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