"It is a matter of pride for us that we will be discussing the great occasion... this can be a big lesson for our future provided we are eager to learn unitedly," - PM Narendra Modi said.
"There is no change in Congress and other parties which has Congress name...
INC has gradually turned into MNC".
"Vande Mataram was not just a mantra for political independence. It was not limited to our independence; it was way beyond that. The freedom movement was a war to free our motherland from the clutches of slavery... In our Vedas, it was said, This land is my mother, and I am the son of the soil.
This same idea was conveyed by Shri Ram when he gave up Lanka, 'जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गत अपि गरियासि'.
Vande Mataram is a modern avatar of our great cultural legacy."
"Vande Mataram was written at a time when British rulers were trying to take their anthem 'God Save the Queen' to every household."
From the ruling party, among others Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP MPs Anurag Thakur, Biplab Deb, Bansuri Swaraj, Sambit Patra, Tejasvi Surya, Santosh Pandey and Soumitra Khan are also likely to speak in the debate.
Modi said -- “The British were forced to ban Vande Mataram; they even brought in laws to prevent the printing and propagation of the poem”.
PM Modi said:
"... This is when the British started to divide and rule. They used Bengal as their laboratory. Even they knew that Bengal's intellectual capability gave direction, strength, and inspiration to the country.
They knew Bengal's capabilities were the focal point of the country. This is why Britishers divided Bengal. They believed that if Bengal was divided, the country would be divided too... When they divided Bengal in 1905, Vande Mataram stood like a rock...".
"The British understood that it was difficult for them to control India after 1857.
They knew that their plans to divide India and make people fight each other would be hard to execute, so they opted for divide and rule, making Bengal their experimental centre. Those were the days when Bengal's intellectual power guided the country...".
"Vande Mataram not just a mantra for political freedom; it was a sacred war cry to rid Bharat mata of vestiges of colonialism".
Modi slammed Congress right from the beginning.
When Vande Mataram was 100 years old (1975); the democratic spirit was curtailed," he said referring to Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
"When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, country was under colonial rule and at its 100th anniversary the nation was under Emergency".
"... Vande Mataram is a mantra, a slogan which gave energy, inspiration, and showed the path for sacrifice and penance to the freedom movement.
It is a matter of pride that we are becoming witnesses to 150 years of Vande Mataram. It is a historic moment. It is a period when many historical events are being celebrated as milestones...
We recently celebrated 75 years of our Constitution. The country is celebrating the 150th birth anniversaries of Sardar Patel and Birsa Munda. We are also celebrating the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur ji. Now we are celebrating 150 years of Vande Mataram...".
"When the song that inspired our freedom movement, unfortunately, India was witnessing a black period.... 150 years of Vande Mataram is an opportunity to reinstate that pride and that great part of our past... This song inspired us to attain freedom in 1947...".
"... When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, India was under British rule. When Vande Mataram completed 100 years, India was in the clutches of Emergency... At that time, the patriots were imprisoned."
He also said: "A few days back, Vande Mataram completed 150 years. During British times, it was the fashion to demean India. Then Bankim Chandra Chatterjee presented Vande Mataram"
"This is not the occasion to talk about ruling or opposition here.
We are here to appreciate and accept the debt of Vande Mataram collectively.
It is because of this song that we are all here together. It is a sacred occasion for all of us to acknowledge the debt of Vande Mataram...
It united the nation from North to South and from East to West. The time has come to unite again and move together with everyone.
This song should inspire and energise us to fulfil the dreams of our freedom fighters. We need to reiterate the resolve to make our nation self-reliant and developed by 2047."
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