Battle of the Songs in Poll-Bound Bengal: MHA Mandates ‘Vande Mataram’ Before ‘Jana Gana Mana’, TMC Cries Insult to Tagore
Battle of the Songs in Poll-Bound Bengal: The air in West Bengal, already thick with the electrical charge of upcoming Assembly elections, has been further ignited by a new directive from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). On February 12, 2026, a formal notification mandated that the national song, ‘Vande Mataram’, must be sung … Read more