Key Highlights
- “It is a matter of immense pride that this year’s budget session began with the Vande Mataram,” he said, adding that those who are questioning its singing must reflect on their own historical record.
- He said that the completion of 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’ is not merely a ceremonial milestone, but a 150-year saga of national awakening, sacrifice, and cultural self-respect.
- The Congress legislators, in the meantime, staged a brief walkout from the House in a show of protest.
- The Chief Minister said on August 15, 1947, at the request of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pandit Omkar Nath Thakur sang Vande Mataram on All India Radio and that on January 24, 1950, it was accorded equal respect to the National Anthem and declared the National Song by the Constituent Assembly.
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