NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a special debate in the Lok Sabha on Vande Mataram , marking 150 years of the song. Written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and adopted as India’s National Song in 1950, Vande Mataram will be discussed for 10 hours each in both Houses this week during the ongoing winter session Click here for Winter Session live updates The Rajya Sabha will take up the debate on Tuesday, with Union home minister Amit Shah leading for the BJP. Here are top quotes from PM Modi's speech in Lok Sabha: BJP vs Congress on Vande Mataram PM Modi recently accused the Congress of excluding several stanzas of the song in 1937 and “sowing the seeds of Partition” — a mindset he said still poses a "challenge" to the country. The Congress has c

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