Modi evoked the historical memory of British colonial policy in his address.

Vande Mataram Row: Bengal, Congress, and Modi’s Parliament Speech Breakdown

On December 8, 2025, the parliamentary discussion on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram highlighted West Bengal for cultural reasons and political reasons. When PM Narendra Modi entered the Lok Sabha amid chants of “Bihar ki jeet hamari hai, ab Bengal ki baari hai” and “Vande Mataram”, it confirmed that the upcoming Bengal assembly elections are a subtext to the debate.

The main focus of the discussion was the song’s Bengali origin. The song was composed in Sanskritised Bengali during the 1870s by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. “Bande Mataram” initially had six stanzas and was set to music by a Bengali composer. It later appeared in Cha

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