Nehru followed Jinnah in opposing Vande Mataram: Modi

Mon, 08 December 2025

13:29

Accusing the nation's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of bowing to the Muslim League, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that Nehru followed Muhammad Ali Jinnah in opposing 'Vande Mataram' because it could "irritate Muslims".

Modi said "some forces" had carried out "vishwas ghaat" (betrayal) of the national song in the last century.

"It is our duty to tell our next generations who did it," he said. "Muslim League (pre-Independence) led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah, in 1937, carried out a drive against Vande Mataram. But the Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru, rather than opposing them, started probing Vande Mataram instead."

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