NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 -- Vande Matram, the National Song, composed in West Bengal by Bankimchandra Chatterjee was not limited to the state, it transcended boundaries and borders, remains relevant today as it was then, and will continue to inspire generations, said union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. In a stinging attack on the Congress, he said, when Vande Mataram turned 50, it was reduced to two stanzas, which paved the way for appeasement politics and subsequently the country's partition. Congress president and leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge hit back at the NDA-led government over the ongoing Vande Mataran discussion in Parliament, describing it as a tactic to divert attention from the economic challenges the country is grappling with, pressing foreign policy issues, and internal security matters. Initiating the special discussion on the 150 years of 'Vande Mataram' in Rajya Sabha, Shah said, "...Many people like me believe that if Congress had not divided Vande Mataram under its policy of appeasement, the country would not have been divided, and today the country would be whole" he said. He also alleged that he had observed some opposition lawmakers showing disrespect by opting to walk out of the House to avoid participating in the National Song, eliciting a sharp response from the opposition that demanded authentication of the claim. The minister informed the house that he would furnish the names, which should be made part of the House records....