Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vice-President and former Minister Priya Sethi, Abhiyan Incharge for programmes to be conducted by BJP under the Vande Matram@150, urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to enthusiastically participate in the ongoing Vande Mataram@150 Abhiyan being celebrated across the Union Territory to mark 150 years of the historic national song.
Priya Sethi appealed to citizens to join the mega event scheduled to be held at Maharaja Hari Singh Ji Park on the banks of River Tawi on Friday, dedicated to celebrating the undying spirit of Vande Mataram.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, along with Abhiyan Co-Incharge Pawan Sharma and Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, Media Incharge J&K BJP, Priya Sethi said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Central Government has decided to commemorate 150 years of Vande Mataram as a national event and transform it into a nationwide public awareness campaign.
Sethi said that under the guidance of BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, a series of collective Vande Mataram singing programmes will be held across India from November 7 to November 26—Constitution Day. The national song will be sung at 150 prominent locations including Kargil War Memorial, Cellular Jail (Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Somnath, Statue of Unity, Gateway of India, and Namo Ghat. Schools and colleges will also organize essay, poetry, and painting competitions themed on the freedom struggle to revive patriotic fervour among students.
revolutionaries like Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to sacrifice everything for the nation. The words of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and the rendition by Rabindranath Tagore ignited the flame of nationalism that ultimately freed our motherland, she added.
Priya Sethi emphasized that this campaign is a tribute to the great revolutionaries of India’s independence movement, honoring their supreme sacrifices and inspiring the youth to uphold unity, integrity, and sovereignty of the nation. She lamented that Vande Mataram had faced unwarranted objections and political intolerance over the decades but said that under PM Modi’s leadership, “the song once again echoes as the anthem of India’s cultural identity and national pride.”
Pawan Sharma said that the Vande Mataram@150 Abhiyan is not just a celebration but a renewed national movement to connect every citizen with India’s glorious legacy. It is a clarion call to unite under one spirit—Vande Mataram, he added.
