Recital of full version of Vande Mataram at UDF govt. swearing-in in Kerala kicks up a row
The recital of the full version of Vande Mataram at the UDF swearing-in ceremony in Kerala has sparked controversy. The CPI(M) criticized the move as undermining secularism, while the RSS praised it. The event highlighted divisions within political parties regarding the national song's appropriateness in a pluralistic society.
- ▪The CPI(M) stated that performing the full version of Vande Mataram is unsuitable for a pluralistic society.
- ▪The Congress Working Committee had previously resolved to trim parts of the song in 1937.
- ▪The BJP's state president criticized the CPI(M) for questioning Vande Mataram, calling it dangerous appeasement politics.
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The recital of the full version of Vande Mataram at the swearing-in ceremony of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala on Monday (May 18, 2026) has kicked up a row with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] calling it a move that undermines secularism and pluralism and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)’s mouthpiece Organiser hailing it.In a statement issued in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the CPI(M) State secretariat said that the Congress Working Committee itself had taken the stand that performing Vande Mataram in its entirety of six stanzas was unsuitable for a pluralistic society. Parts of the song were trimmed as part of the official resolution of the Working Committee held on October 30, 1937.
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