New Delhi, 15/8: ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung in full during independence day celebrations at ‘Indira Bhavan’, the Congress headquarters, on Saturday in discordance with the party’s stand and despite top leaders’ like Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi instructing to stop rendition.
Leaders of Opposition Kharge (Rajya Sabha) and Rahul Gandhi (Lok Sabha) skipped the official celebrations at Red Fort where Prime Minister Narendra Modi with sources saying they did not attend owing to “insulting” seating arrangements.
