Vande Mataram not fully accepted even years after Independence: Amit Shah - The Tribune
For a long time even after Independence, Vande Mataram was not accepted from the core of the heart by some people, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday.Addressing a gathering of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Siliguri, Shah recalled that despite the strategic significance of Siliguri Corridor (also known as the Chickens Neck), former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee did not heed to the Centres repeated pleas to allot land for border fencing.