As the Rajya Sabha began discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ completing 150 years, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Tuesday stood with photographs of Bengali icons Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in protest against the centre.

The TMC MPs held a silent protest in the Parliament premises.

This comes after senior TMC MP Sugata Roy on Monday raised an objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi referring to ‘Vande Mataram’ composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee as ‘Bankim Da’ instead of ‘Bankim Babu’.

The PM initiated a special debate in Lok Sabha on ‘Vande Mataram’ completing 150 years, where he criticised Rahul Gandhi for his absence from Parliament, asserting that the Congress compromised on the national song and “surrendered before the Muslim League”.

The Prime Minister accused t

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