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Decision to use first two stanzas of Vande Mataram was not of Nehru alone: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has accused BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of insulting Jawaharlal Nehru. Kharge stated that the decision to use only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram as the national song was a collective one. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore were involved. Kharge countered Home Minister Amit Shah's allegations of appeasement politics.