âCongress should feel ashamedâ: Amit Shah targets Sonia Gandhi over Vande Mataram row

TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Aug 16, 2026, 13:32 IST

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File photo: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Union home minister Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Congress over a controversy surrounding the rendition of Vande Mataram at the party's Independence Day event, accusing it of insulting the national song and alleging that the incident was driven by âvote-bankâ politics.Sonia Gandhi had asked party workers to stop the rendition while it was being sung at the Congress headquarters on Saturday.Congress Party headquarters. During the anthem, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi told the Congress President to stop singing. We all just kept watching on TV,â Shah said.

âHow can anyone even dream of leaving the anthem Vande Mataram incomplete? The people of Congress should feel ashamed,â he added.

Congress denies BJP's allegation

The Congress rejected the allegation and maintained that the full version of Vande Mataram was sung at the event.

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