Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The Congress party has been embroiled in a deep controversy after a local leader and several others in Indias northeastern state of Assam are facing potential treason charges after reciting “Amar Sonar Bangla” — the national anthem of Bangladesh — at a party event, a move that the state government has described as “anti-national” and “supportive of foreign narratives.”

The controversy erupted after 80-year-old Bidhu Bhusan Das, a grassroots Congress worker in the Sribhumi district, sang Amar Sonar Bangla during a local party gathering. Sribhumi lies along the India–Bangladesh border in Assams Bengali-speaking Barak Valley, where the song, written by Rabindranath ...