Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875, which became a rallying cry for Indian freedom fighters and India’s national song, is now at the centre of a back-and-forth between the BJP and the Congress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Congress of omitting some ‘important stanzas’ from Vande Mataram in 1937. But did it really do so?
