'Stop claiming monopoly as custodian of freedom movement': BJP blasts Cong over Vande Mataram row
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Stepping up its attack on the Congress party over the conduct of its senior party leaders during the recitation of the National Song Vande Mataram at the Independence Day event at Indira Bhawan (Congress headquarters), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday asked the former to "stop claiming monopoly as the custodian of freedom movement."
IANS • 8/18/2026
