New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The Rajya Sabha debate on the 150th Anniversary of 'Vande Mataram' transformed into a fierce ideological battle on Wednesday, with the Opposition, led by the Congress, accusing the ruling party of "political manipulation of history" and deliberately maligning historical figures to score political points.
The focus of the discussion, initiated by the government on the national song's significance, shifted dramatically as Jairam Ramesh (Congress) delivered a powerful counter-attack, coining the term "distorians" to describe the Treasury Benches. Ramesh alleged that the primary motive of the entire debate was to "insult Jawaharlal Nehru" by questioning the 1937 decision to adopt only the first two stanzas of the song.
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