00:00Let's move on and talk about the big showdown that took place in the Karnataka Assembly today over Vande Matram.
00:06It's been a big political hot potato across the country and in Karnataka now, in the Assembly, when proceedings kicked
00:13off,
00:14the Congress government ended the rendition of Vande Matram after two stanzas.
00:18That's been their stand.
00:19BJP MLAs, however, continued singing the remaining verses.
00:23Here's what happened.
00:28From Parliament to Karnataka's streets.
00:34And now the Karnataka Assembly.
00:37Vande Matram is once again at the heart of a political showdown.
00:40On Monday, the Assembly opened its session with the National Song.
00:44But the Congress government stopped after the first two stanzas.
00:48The BGP refused to stop there and continued singing the remaining stanzas inside the House.
00:56The Congress says it opted for a shorter rendition.
01:00If I'm not wrong, the other four stanzas were, if I could read, if I could remember, it was told
01:05by Rabindranath Tagore only,
01:07whether to be continued or not, because the other four stanzas does not include,
01:11because there is an issue where other minorities in those times they had made an objection.
01:16This was discussed long back since from years together.
01:19Now all of a sudden, the great Vishwa Guru does not have anything.
01:22So he brought this.
01:23So most of the people, they don't know to sing.
01:25Anyway, singing, whether they know or not.
01:27But what is the interest to get is only this only.
01:30The BGP says the complete version must be played, citing a central government directive.
01:59The BGP has accused the Congress government of appeasement politics.
02:03It says, Vande Mataram's place in India's freedom struggle demands that the song be accorded its full honor.
02:11Written by Bunkim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vande Mataram has now returned to the political spotlight.
02:17A song that once united voices against colonial rule,
02:21now becoming the latest flashpoint between rival political camps.
02:26With Nagarjun Dwarkanath, Bureau Report, India Today.
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