New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday accused the top leadership of the Congress of disrespecting the national song Vande Mataram during its recital at the party headquarters on Independence Day.

Trivedi claimed that senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were "casually talking" when the national song was played in Congress headquarters.

The BJP leader alleged, "Today, the country is celebrating Independence Day with a great deal of zeal and enthusiasm. This is the first Independence Day in which our national song Vande Mataram has been sung in full form, uncut, uninterrupted. But at this time, we have seen a very ugly moment when, in the head office of the Congress Party, it was s...