Vande Matram Bill | Opposition Objects to Bill Proposing Jail for Disrupting Vande Mataram
The Opposition has objected to the Centre's proposed Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, which seeks stricter legal protection for the National Song Vande Mataram and proposes up to three years' imprisonment for acts deemed to disrupt or insult it. Congress leaders argued that the status of the National Song and National Anthem was settled after extensive Constituent Assembly discussions and accused the government of pursuing a political agenda. The party said it would oppose the bill during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
