Pune, Aug. 20 -- Congress national spokesperson Atul Londhe Patil on Thursday hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark describing the Congress Working Committee's resolution on Vande Mataram as an "anti-national decision", questioning whether freedom movement leaders including Subhas Chandra Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Acharya Kriplani would also be considered "anti-nationals".

"Perhaps as per him, Subhas Chandra Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru ji, Acharya Kriplani are all anti-nationals," Londhe Patil said while speaking in Pune.

He said the decision on Vande Mataram was taken by leaders who wanted to keep the country united and asserted that Congress had always respected t...