Overview
- A video from the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s 140th foundation day event shows the national anthem starting with the wrong opening line.
- The lead singer began with “Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he” instead of the correct “Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka jaya he.”
- Senior leaders including AK Antony, VM Sudheeran, PC Vishnunadh and AICC general secretary Deepa Dasmunsi were present at the KPCC headquarters.
- No one intervened to correct the lyrics, and the anthem was completed in the incorrect version as the clip spread rapidly on social media.
- Opposition figures and members of the public criticized the error, and there was no immediate response from Congress leadership, with coverage noting a similar incident earlier this year.