The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership on Friday (November 7, 2025) observed 150 years of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay accusing the Trinamool Congress of not paying enough respect to the national icon.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari led a procession to College Square in north Kolkata where a statue of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay has been installed. The BJP leader expressed his resentment that the gates of the park were closed and there was no garland on the statue of the national icon.
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“Bengalis should watch this. The Trinamool shouts Bengali Bengali. Rishi Bankim Chandra is the soul to the people of Bengal,” the BJP leader said after finding the gates of the park closed.
The Nandigram MLA publicly sang ‘Vande Mataram’ and said such celebrations have been organised by the party in over 1500 places in West Bengal. The development came on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a year-long commemoration of “Vande Mataram” to mark 150 years of the national song.
