Lok Sabha mein 150 saal purane Vande Mataram par charcha ke dauran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne Congress par historical appeasement politics ka aarop lagaya. PM Modi ne kaha ki azaadi se pehle Congress leadership ne Muhammad Ali Jinnah ke sentiments ko maana, aur uss soch ko Jawaharlal Nehru ne bhi accept kiya.
PM Modi ne 1937 ka reference dete hue bataya ki jab Vande Mataram ko lekar controversy shuru hui, tab Congress ne decide kiya ki is geet ke sirf pehle do stanza hi gaye jayenge. Us waqt kuch Muslim groups ka kehna tha ki baaki stanzas mein devi-devtaon ka zikr hai, jo unke dharmik nazariye se problem ho sakta tha. PM Modi ke mutabiq, Nehru ne Jinnah ki objections ko seriously liya aur issue par turant inquiry shuru karwai.
Prime Minister ne is decision ko rashtriya garv ke saath samjhauta bataya. Unhone kaha ki Vande Mataram jaise rashtriya prateek ko “cut” karna desh ki ekta ke saath khilwaad tha. PM Modi ka kehna tha ki yahi mindset aage chal kar bhugolik aur samajik vibhajan ki buniyad bana.
Apne bhashan mein PM Modi ne Emergency ka zikr karte hue Congress par aur tez hamla bola. Unhone yaad dilaya ki jab Vande Mataram ke 100 saal poore hue the, tab desh Emergency ke daur se guzar raha tha. PM Modi ke mutabiq, uss samay constitutional values aur azaadi ki spirit dono ko dabaya gaya.
Congress ne PM Modi ke aaropon ko poori tarah kharij kar diya. Party ka kehna hai ki 1937 ka faisla communal harmony aur sampradayik santulan ko dhyaan mein rakh kar liya gaya tha, na ki kisi dabav ya appeasement ke chalte. Congress leaders ne yeh bhi sawal uthaya ki agar Vande Mataram par itna zor diya ja raha hai, to use rashtriya geet ka darja kyun nahi diya gaya.
Is poore debate ke beech, Vande Mataram ke 150 saal poore hone par siyasi mahaul kaafi garam ho gaya hai. PM Modi ne desh ko appeal ki hai ki bina kisi jhijhak ya political pressure ke, is geet ko rashtriya chetna ke symbol ke roop mein dekha jaye. Unka kehna hai ki Vande Mataram sirf ek geet nahi, balki Bharat ki atma ka prateek hai.
Aane wale dinon mein Parliament ke andar aur bahar is issue par aur tezi se rajneetik bahas hone ke aasaar hain. Opposition aur ruling party ke beech yeh mudda sirf itihaas tak simit nahi hai, balki aaj ke rashtravaad aur rashtriya pehchaan ki politics se bhi juda hua hai.
