BJP Claims Sonia Gandhi Tried To Stop Singing Of Vande Mataram, Congress Denies

The BJP's Amit Malviya claimed Sonia Gandhi appeared agitated after the song continued beyond the initial stanzas.

The Congress asserted that there was no attempt to stop the singing of the full version of the national song and Ms. Gandhi was only asking for a chair for party chief Mallikarjun Kharge as he was standing for a while

Sonia Gandhi’s Vande Mataram row: BJP alleges ‘hatred’, Congress calls claim falseNEW DELHI: A political row erupted on Saturday over the rendition of the full version of Vande Mataram at the Congress's Independence Day event, with the BJP accusing grand old party's former chief Sonia Gandhi of objecting to the nationa