PM Modi initiates debate; Lok Sabha to be engaged in a 10-hour discussion

New Delhi : The Lok Sabha (LS) will be engaged in a 10-hour debate today regarding the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the debate at 12 noon. The debate comes amid a political row after the PM accused the Congress of removing certain lines from the song in 1937, which he adds, “sowed the seeds of the partition.”

The BJP-led NDA government has been allotted three hours for its participation in the debate while a total of 10 hours has been earmarked for the debate. After LS proceedings, the discussion will be moved to Rajya Sabha.

In his address, Modi said that when Vande Mataram completed 100 years, the Constitution was throttled and the nation was chained by the Emerg

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