Controversial ‘historian’ S Irfan Habib, on Monday (8th December), claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a false statement in the Lok Sabha regarding Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s endorsement of ‘Vande Mataram’ as the national anthem. He referred to a speech given by PM Modi in the Lok Sabha on Monday, wherein he mentioned that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi praised Vande Mataram and referred to it as the national anthem.

Speaking about the history of the national song Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said that in 1905, Gandhi wrote an opinion praising the song and acknowledging that it had become so popular across Bengal that it became like a national anthem.

“I want to tell the House about Mahatma Gandhi’s emotions regarding Vande Mataram. In the weekly Indian Opinion on 2 D

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