Congress' appeasement policy led to partition: Amit Shah
Kolkata, June 27: BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday said the country's partition could have been avoided if the Congress had not made the mistake of censoring part of the national song "Vande Mataram..." in line with its "appeasement policy".
"Had the Congress not made the mistake of censoring the national song Vande Mataram to just stanzas instead of the whole song ... we could have stopped India from getting divided," Shah said here while delivering the first Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture organised by Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.
He described Vande Mataram as a manifestation of the century-old tradition of nationalism, and stressed that the song could not be associated with any religion.
"Vande Mataram is a manifestation of our century-old tradition of nationalism. India is not a geo-political nation, it is a geo-cultural nation. The definition of India's nationalism is not narrow.
"It can't be associated with any form of religion. But Congress brought religion into it by censoring the song, It was a part of the Congress' appeasement policy," he said.
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3 held for 'raping' minor in J'khand's Pakur, search underway to trace 3 other accused
Pakur (PTI): Three persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police said on Saturday.
Search is underway to nab three more accused in the case, they said.
The incident took place on February 17, but the FIR was lodged on Friday at Malpahadi police station, a senior police officer said.
“The minor alleged in the complaint that four people of her village (in Malpahadi area) and two others kidnapped her and then raped her in a truck," SP Nidhi Dwivedi told reporters.
"Considering the seriousness of the matter, a special investigation team (SIT) was set up. Three accused have been arrested from Malpahadi and Majhdiha areas," she said.
The accused are aged between 20 and 22 years.
"We have intensified the search operation to trace the remaining three accused," the SP added.
