Union Minister and BJP MP, JP Nadda, on Thursday, alleged an indifference and neglect towards Vande Mataram when the Constituent Assembly chose ‘Jan Gan Man’ as the national anthem, and blamed former Prime Minister Pt Jawaharlal Nehru for it.

Addressing the Rajya Sabha during a discussion on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, Nadda questioned the process of categorising ‘Jana Gana Mana’ as the national anthem and ‘Vande Mataram’ as the national song.

He said, “The final meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on January 24, 1950, to sign three copies of the Constitution. In it, without any discussion and without any notice, a statement was read out, in which the decision regarding India’s national anthem was announced. ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was declared as India’s national anthem, a

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