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Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | Parliament gears up for debate on 'Vande Mataram' and electoral reforms this week
Ruling BJP and the Opposition led by Congress are all set to lock horns this week in Parliament as MPs cutting across party lines will be speaking on special debates on national song 'Vande Mataram' and electoral reforms.
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Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | PM Modi to initiate debate on 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha has listed 'Discussion on the 150th anniversary of national song Vande Mataram' on Monday and allocated 10 hours for the debate.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | BJP MP Sudha Murthy says she is happy to participate in the debate
"I am participating in that, and I am very happy about it. It's not just a song; it creates patriotism among people. It was composed 150 years ago, before independence, so this song united everybody," Murthy said.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | Why is Vande Mataram being debated in the Parliament?
It all started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the Congress of removing key verses from song in 1937.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam says 'Vande Mataram' is written by Rabindranath Tagore
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | BJP MP Dinesh Sharma said Vande Mataram does not belong to any one religion
Sharma said, "This is not just a discussion, but a symbol of the nation’s pride. Vande Mataram does not belong to any one religion. It is the identity of Indianness. Vande Mataram is a tribute to the motherland and a living symbol of our mother. Whether in ‘Ram Ram’ of Hindus or ‘Allah’ of Muslims, Vande Mataram is a song that represents the spirit of the nation, and today it will be discussed in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha."
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | Vande Mataram was on everyone's lips before independence, says BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal
"The country pays tribute to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. 'Vande Mataram' is the national song, but before independence, it was on everyone's lips. 'Vande Mataram' made a very significant contribution to uniting the entire country... Today in Parliament, all of us MPs will also thank Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay," Jaiswal said.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | Youth must understand the significance of Vande Mataram, says Union Minister Chirag Paswan
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | BJP MP Kangana Ranaut says Congress govt tampered with Vande Mataram
Parliament Winter Session 2025 UPDATES | BJP MP Ghulam Ali Khatana says "Vande Mataram is our national anthem"
"Vande Mataram is our national anthem. It inspires us to die for the country, to sacrifice for the country... During the freedom struggle, this song united the people against the British. Today the Prime Minister will speak on this," Khatana said.
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Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | List of BJP leaders who will speak in the Vande Mataram debate
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP MPs Anurag Thakur, Biplab Deb, Bansuri Swaraj, Sambit Patra, Tejasvi Surya, Santosh Pandey and Soumitra Khan will speak in the debate.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Speaker Om Birla introduces the agenda in the Lok Sabha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his address.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | I am proud to celebrate the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram', says PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | If we use this occasion properly we could write history for the coming generations: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, the country was under British rule, when it completed 100 years, India was in the darkness of Emergency: PM Modi
Modi said that when Vande Mataram completed 100 years, the democracy was attacked.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The same Vande Mataram gave the country freedom in 1947: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram was used by lakhs of citizens against the British: PM Modi
He added, "We are sitting here today because of Vande Mataram."
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | With Vande Mataram, we will make India a developed nation by 2047: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Bankim Chanrdra Chattopadhyay gave a reply to the questions over nationalism with vande Mataram: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram didn't just inspire for independence: PM Modi
The fight for independence was resolve to drive out the British from our motherland.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram is a part of India's rich cultural history: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram became the tune of India's independence: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | In our Vedas, it is said that this earth is our mother and we are sons of this land.
This is what Lord Shri Ram said when leaving Lanka, said PM Modi.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The British chose divide and rule andmade Bengal the centre of it: PM Modi
British knew Bengal's wisdom gave India its strength and direction. This is why they wanted to break Bengal, They believed that India will break if Bengal breaks, said PM Modi.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | When The British divided Bengal in 1905, Vande Mataram stood like a rock to unite the people: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | British punished us for even chanting the words 'Vande Mataram': PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | There is no leadership and opposition here: PM Modi
We are here to appreciate and accept the debt of Vande Mataram collectively, the prime minister added.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The women of the nation took an oath that they will not wear bangles as long as there was a restriction on Vande Mataram
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The voice started in Bengal's streets became the voice of India: PM Modi
Modi added that every child in Bengal chanted Vande Mataram with courage and pride when British tried to restrict the song.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Our freedom fighters used to chant Vande Mataram even while they were on their death warrant: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | "Veer" Savarkar also chanted Vande Mataram when he was imprisoned: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay even named his newspaper as Vande Mataram: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | In 1907, when Chidambaram Pillai made an Indian ship, he wrote Vande Mataram on it
Subramaniam Bharati also used Vande Mataram in his poems in Tamil, said PM Modi.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | On December 2,1905, Mahatma Gandhi had written "Vande Mataram has become so popular that it has become like our national anthem".
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Why was there injustice done to Vande Mataram when it is so powerful, asks PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Our younger generations need to know the importance of Vande Bharat: PM Modi
With Vande Mataram, the Muslim League's demands were getting stronger. Jinnah used it, says PM Modi.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Nehru succumbed to Jinnah and wrote a letter to Subhash Chandra Bose, saying 'Vande Mataram can irritate Muslims': PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram was broken: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Congress succumbed to the pressure of Muslim League: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Whenever India was in trouble, the country moved ahead with the spirit of Vande Mataram: PM Modi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The politics of the Muslim League opposing Vande Mataram took pace in 1937
"Mohammed Ali Jinnah raised slogans against it. The then Congress chief Jawaharlal Nehru, instead of condemning their statements and expressing his and the party’s fidelity towards Vande Mataram, started 'investigating' Vande Mataram just five days after Jinnah’s opposition," PM Modi said.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Gaurav Gogai makes the opening statements from the Congress
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Gaurav Gogai says PM Modi mentions Nehru and Congress in each of his speeches but will not be able to contribute as much as him for India
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Gaurav Goggoi says Congress' Maulana Azad had no objections to Vande Mataram
"That was the difference between Congress' Maulana Azad and Muslim League's Jinnah," he said.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Gogoi accuses BJP of not understanding Bengal, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Rabindranath Tagore
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Congress gave national song status to Vande Mataram, says Gogoi
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | BJP trying to insult Tagore: Rajeev Shukla on Vande Mataram debate
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | The country was under emergency during the 100th anniversary of Vande Mataram: Anurag Thakur
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Congress so afraid of Vande Mataram that both Rahul and Priyanka absent from debate: Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram is not a 'filmy song' or a lullaby, it is the National Song: Anurag Thakur to Akhilesh Yadav
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram is a part of the nation's soul: Priyanka questions the need for debate
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | We are debating Vande Mataram because Bengal elections are due: Priyanka
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | PM Modi gives a good speech but there is one shortcoming that he is weak on facts: Priyanka Gandhi in Lok Sabha.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Govt wants to debate Vande Mataram because its policies are failing: Priyanka
"You are here for election, we are here for the country. Even if we keep losing elections, we will keep sitting here and fighting you," Priyanka said as BJP MP's interrupted her speech.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Priyanka Gandhi reads letters exchnaged between Netaji, Nehru and Tagore during Vande Mataram debate
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Modi has been PM for 12 years, Nehru spent almost the same time in jail for the country: Priyanka
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Make a list of blames on Nehru, we will debate it someday: Priyanka in Lok Sabha
Prinyaka said once these issues are discussed, the country can finally have a debate on issues of unemplyment, women safety, etc. This led to huge uproar from the BJP MPs.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Why aren't we discussing unemployment, women issues: Priyanka
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram will always remain sacred to us: Priyanka
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | This debate was necessary for the younger generation to know about the injustice done to Vande Mataram: Rajnath Singh
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | It's time to restore Vande Mataram's glory: Rajnath Singh
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram was marginalised post Independence: Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha.
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Congress found Vande Mataram 'communal' as they were seeing it from Jinnah's lens: Rajnath Singh
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Due to Congress' appeasement politics, Article 370 was not removed for so long. It was Modi govt that scrapped it: Rajnath in LS
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Even Mahatma Gandhi did not find Vande Mataram as a Hindu song but a nationalist song: Rajnath
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Nehru had opposed Vande Mataram saying it could not be played in orchestra: Rajnath
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Vande Mataram is our pride, our identity: Rajnath in LS
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | BJP's commitment to Vande Mataram is badly scripted comedy: Mahua Moitra
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | BJP has 'butchered' Vande Mataram more than any '1937 resolution': Mahua Moitra in Lok Sabha
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | BJP bulldozing its way through country's social fabric: Mahua Moitra
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | 'Jan Gan Man' too a truncated song: Mahua Moitra
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | If you have courage, fight Bengal election by saying that Tagore divided the country: Mahua Moitra
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Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Cong's Deepender Hooda asks govt to install Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's statue in Parliament complex
Congress MP Deepender Hooda urged the government on Monday to install a statue of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the composer of national song Vande Mataram, in the Parliament House complex.
Participating in a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the completion of 150 years of Vande Mataram, the Congress MP said if the government brings a proposal to install Chatterjee's statue in Parliament, the opposition party will support it. (PTI)
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Bihar was a glimpse, Bengal is up next: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj during Vande Mataram debate
BJP member Bansuri Swaraj on Monday said political violence was taking root in West Bengal but the state will soon be free of lawlessness as the torchbearers of saffron were marching ahead.
Participating in the discussion on 150 years of national song Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj hailed Bengal as the birthplace of Vande Mataram and the sacred land that gave the slogan of swadeshi.
"But today, Bengal is in a very serious and precarious situation, because the ruling dispensation is throttling Vande Mataram and political violence is spreading its roots there," she said. (PTI)
Parliament Winter Session 2025 LIVE | Govt should not force Muslims to chant Vande Mataram: Owaisi in LS
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said that the government should not force Muslims to recite or chant Vande Mataram.
Citing freedom of speech, choice and expression, he said that it would be against the basic tenets of the Constitution if the BJP and the government insist on this. (PTI)