From 1937 to 2025: The Same Old Virus of Division

> “By cutting Vande Mataram into pieces, the Congress sowed the seeds of India’s partition.”

> – These are the words spoken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament in December 2025.

 

Whether this statement is 100% accurate or not, we can debate, but one thing is undeniable – even today, Vande Mataram remains the biggest litmus test of the nation.

 

Did Congress really “cut” the song for Muslim appeasement?

 

Yes, they did.

 

In 1937, the Congress Working Committee accepted only the first two stanzas as the national song and removed the remaining four.

 

Official reason: “Certain Muslim members had objections to some lines.”

 

Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad were part of that decision.

 

So yes – appeasement did happen.

 

Who is crying “Shirk” today?

 

1. Maulana Mahmood Madani (Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind)

→ “Death is acceptable, but not shirk (idolatry)”

→ “Whenever there is oppression, there will be jihad”

→ “We will not be afraid – we will fight, Insha’Allah”

 

2. Asaduddin Owaisi

→ “We don’t worship our real mother, we don’t worship the Quran – then how can we worship Bharat Mata?”

 

3. Iqra Hasan(Samajwadi Party MP) 

→ “We Muslim Indians are here by choice, not by chance”

 

The most dangerous part: These statements came simultaneously inside and outside Parliament.  

This is not just opposition to a song – this is an entire narrative: “We are separate, and we will remain separate.”

 

 A question for Iqra Hasan

 

You say, “We are Indians by choice.”

Fine.

 

But in 1947, your forefathers chose Pakistan – by choice.

Those who stayed back in India – was that their choice or compulsion?

 

When the same people today again raise the flag of “separate identity,” aren’t they reopening the wounds of 1947?

 

 Dr. Ambedkar had already warned us

 

In his book ‘Pakistan or the Partition of India’ (1940), Ambedkar clearly wrote:

 

> “Islam will never allow its followers to accept that India is their motherland and Hindus are their brothers.”

 

> “A Muslim will only consider that land his country where Islam rules.”

 

These words were written 85 years ago.

Today, every single word is proving true.

The tragedy? Those who claim to be Ambedkar’s followers today remain silent on these lines.

 

Why the double standards?

 

– Pakistan’s national anthem: “Pak sarzamin shad bad” – the land is blessed. No shirk.

– Indonesia’s anthem “Indonesia Raya” – the country is called Mother. No fatwa.

– Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia – all Muslim-majority nations have national anthems.

 

Then why only in India is “Bharat Mata” and “Vande Mataram” labelled shirk?

 

 The biggest irony

 

The same people who call “Vande Mataram = worship”

are the ones who do matam (mourning) shouting “Ya Hussain”, “Ali Maula”.

 

Isn’t that also shirk?

 

Conclusion: Is there a middle path?

 

Forcing someone to sing Vande Mataram is wrong.

The Supreme Court has already said – singing it cannot be made compulsory.

 

But rejecting it as “shirk” is even more wrong.

 

Bharat Mata is not a goddess – she is a sentiment.

Just like when a son says “Maa tujhe salaam” to his mother – that’s not worship, that’s love.

 

If someone can at least stand in respect without singing – no problem.

 

But shouting “We will die but not sing”** and **“There will be jihad”?

 

That is not standing with the nation –

that is the return of the Two-Nation Theory of 1947.

 

Vande Mataram is not a religious mantra.

It is the anthem of freedom.

 

– Whoever sang it challenged the British.

– Whoever cut it practised appeasement.

– Whoever calls it “shirk” today is once again drawing the same line of partition.

 

The question is no longer about just one song.

 

**The question is – 78 years after independence, have we truly become one nation or not?

 

Vande Mataram.  (If you can’t sing it, at least show some respect.)