Chennai, June 3 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson CR Kesavan on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over his remarks on Vande Mataram, accusing the Congress party of opposing its "full original form" due to "vote bank politics" and discomfort with references to Hindu deities.

Speaking to ANI on the issue, Kesavan said the Congress has consistently taken a position against the national song being recited in its complete original form.

He said, "The Congress party has always favoured a divisive communal agenda of religious appeasement and polarisation. Why are Congress leaders and the Congress party opposing Vande Mataram in its full original form being recited?."

Referring to the structure of the c...