Ekta Nagar, Oct. 31 -- As soon as the Rashtriya Ekta Parade ended, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked the entire stretch where the parade was happening and enthusiastically greeted all those gathered.

Speaking at the event, PM Modi criticised the Congress government for contributing to the partition, saying that it adopted the "slave mentality" from the British colonial rule and stressed that the Congress removed the partition of Vande Mataram on religious grounds.

"Congress not only inherited its party and power from the British, but also internalised the slave mentality. In a few days, Vande Mataram will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. When the British partitioned Bengal in 1905, Vande Mataram became the voice of every citizen ...