Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 7 launched a year-long official commemoration of the national song with a stamp and coin release, saying the dropping of later stanzas in 1937 sowed the seeds of Partition.
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted extracts from The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi to show the CWC limited public singing to the first two stanzas after consulting Tagore, and he demanded an apology from the Prime Minister.
- In Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress held a tribute and protest at Jorasanko Thakurbari over BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri’s remarks about the national anthem, alleging the BJP has not taken disciplinary action.
- Indian embassies and consulates held mass renditions overseas, including a launch event in La Paz led by Union Minister of State Pabitra Margherita, with similar gatherings reported in Chile, Colombia, Canada, Argentina and Peru.
- Railway zones and other institutions conducted coordinated mass singings of the full song across the country as part of the anniversary observance.