During the Lok Sabha debate on Vande Mataram, Congress senior MP Priyanka Gandhi said the discussion is to divert attention from real issues and eyed at the West Bengal assembly elections in 2026.
“Vande Mataram reminds us of history of our freedom struggle,” she said, asking what debate there can be on the national song.
She claimed that the Centre wants to level more accusations against those who “fought for freedom and made sacrifices for country because it does not want to look at present and future”.
“Modi is not the PM he used to be, his self-confidence is decreasing; his policies are weakening country... People of country are not happy, they are surrounded by problems and govt is not finding solution to them:
Pointing out that Vande Mataram is alive in every part of the country, Priyanka said there can be no debate on it. “PM Modi gives a good speech but there is one shortcoming that he is weak on facts,” she added.
