New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) Congress MP Deepender Hooda urged the government on Monday to install a statue of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the composer of national song Vande Mataram, in the Parliament House complex.

Participating in a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the completion of 150 years of Vande Mataram, the Congress MP said if the government brings a proposal to install Chatterjee's statue in Parliament, the opposition party will support it.

In an apparent swipe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for initiating the discussion on Vande Mataram, Hooda said, "India is our mother and no true devotee can bring his mother into politics." "Today, attempts are being made to use nationalism for electoral gains. Devotion to the motherland is being used for devotion to votes. Some people p

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