New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Congress MP KC Venugopal on Thursday said "Vande Mataram", which was part of the freedom struggle, is "emotional for us, political for BJP". He defended the Congress Working Committee's (CWC) decision to sing only two stanzas of the national song in line with the party's 1937 resolution.

Speaking to ANI, the senior Congress leader said the national song had an emotional significance for his party because of its association with India's freedom struggle, while accusing the BJP of politicising it.

"BJP was not a part of the freedom struggle. Vande Mataram was a part of the freedom struggle; it is emotional for us, but political for them (BJP)," Venugopal said, adding, "We have been reciting Vande Mataram since 1937, ...