The BJP has passed a resolution regarding the honour and protection of the historical legacy of Vande Mataram.

In a social media post, BJP President Nitin Nabin said that the party strongly condemned and unequivocally opposed the Congress Working Committee’s decision to sing only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram at party programmes. He added that the BJP is resolved to reject every attempt to subordinate the National Song to communal pressure, political appeasement or narrow vote-bank considerations.

Mr Nabin said that the party is also resolved to undertake a nationwide campaign through BJP workers to take the history, meaning, national significance and glorious legacy of Vande Mataram to every corner of the country. He said that the BJP regards Vande Mataram as the National Song of India, an expression of reverence for Bharat Mata, a mantra of the freedom struggle and an immortal symbol of India’s national consciousness.

The resolution was passed during a meeting of the newly appointed national office-bearers of the BJP at the party headquarters in New Delhi.