Priyanka Gandhi said that questioning the decision of having the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram as the National Song was akin to questioning the Constituent Assembly and its members.

xNew Delhi: Leading the charge for the Opposition, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the government was holding the debate on the National Song Vande Mataram with an eye on the upcoming Bengal elections.

She told the Lok Sabha that the discussion was being held to divert attention from unemployment, exam paper leaks and economic woes. She reminded the House that it was the Congress which gave Vande Mataram the status of National Song.

While claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was politicising the issue, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Gaurav Gogoi (Congress) accused the BJP of attempti

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