Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lamented that the Constitution was \"throttled\" and the nation chained by the Emergency when national song Vande Mataram completed 100 years.

Initiating a day-long discussion on 150 years of Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, Modi noted that Vande Mataram stood like a rock and inspired unity despite British oppression.

\"When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, country was under colonial rule while at its 100th anniversary the nation was under Emergency,\" Prime Minister Narendra said in the Parliament on Monday.

Here is what PM Modi said in his speech in Lok Sabha:

He said that India was \"reeling under colonialism\", when Vande Mataram completed 50 years.

The prime minister noted that the mantra of Vande Mataram gave power and inspiration to the en

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