West Bengal BJP welcomes MHA directive of singing all stanzas of Vande Mataram

The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, welcomed the Union Home Ministry’s decision to ban all six stanzas of the National song. Vande Mataram When the Independence Song and the National Anthem Jan Gana Man are played together, they will be sung first.

First two stanzas onlyf Vande Mataram Songs written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay have been played at official events so far. The remaining stanzas commemorating Hindu goddesses have been omitted. By the instructions of the Ministry, when the Independence Song and the Independence Anthem are sung or played, the Independence Song will be sung or played first and the assembly in which the Independence Song is sung will be present.

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West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said it was a great misfortune that anyone could smell communalism in Goddess Durga. References were made to Goddess Durga in the song Vande Mataram. “I thought they (Trinamool Congress) were devotees of Goddess Durga. Now they are opposing Vande Mataram, “It proves that all Durga Puja carnivals are fake,” he said.

The West Bengal government organizes the Durga Puja carnival, where idols of big-ticket Durga Puja pandals parade through Kolkata’s Red Road. The cultural event, attended by thousands of people, is chaired by party chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said that this move is aimed at the West Bengal Assembly elections and just like the BJP used Lord Ram for electoral gains, it is being used in the same way. Vande Mataram for the same purpose.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stated this during his public meetings in West Bengal: Vande Mataram and that the country is celebrating 150 years of the national song.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah had claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was against it at a public meeting held in West Bengal on January 31. Vande Mataram Because of his ‘vote bank’ politics and the people of Bengal will not forgive him for this.

In November 2025, West Bengal made it mandatory for all schools run and supported by the State Government to sing the State song. Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol, It was composed by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The BJP leadership in West Bengal accused the Trinamool Congress of turning a blind eye. Vande Mataram on its centenary.

Now, even if the National Anthem is sung along with the National Anthem and the State Song in the morning meetings, it will take six minutes for the children to sing all three songs.