NEW DELHI: A special discussion may have been held on 150 years of Vande Mataram on Monday, but the Bengal assembly elections - scheduled next year - took centre stage as slogans like "Bihar ki jeet hamari hai, ab Bengal ki baari hai" were raised by NDA MPs in the Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the House to initiate the debate. During the 10-hour discussion, while the ruling party invoked the Bengal partition and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's legacy, the opposition accused the ruling party of holding the special discussion for its poll prospects in West Bengal. While opening the discussion in Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister recalled how Vande Mataram had become synonymous with India’s struggle against colonial rule. “When they divided Bengal in 1905, Vande Mataram sto

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