New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hit at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the ongoing Vande Mataram row, claiming that the controversy was "exposing BJP's vote-bank politics" and questioning whether the BJP and its leaders had sung all the stanzas of the national song at private or official functions since 1950.

His remarks came after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) decided that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram would be sung at party events, citing the Congress' 1937 resolution.

In a post on X, Sibal questioned whether the BJP had itself followed the practice of singing all the stanzas of the song.

"Amit Shah on: CWC decision on two-stanza Vande Mataram Calls it '...anti-national'," Sibal said...