Overview
- The Prime Minister will inaugurate the programme at 9:30 am in New Delhi, releasing a commemorative stamp and Rs 150 coin, with a nationwide recital of the full song scheduled around 9:50 am.
- The Centre outlined a year-long calendar with phases through November 2026, and ministries urged public participation through concerts, exhibitions and recordings uploaded to the campaign portal.
- States moved to implement mass singing orders, with Telangana directing 10 am recitals in government offices and schools, Uttarakhand issuing a similar directive, and Maharashtra BJP planning events at 150 locations.
- A political dispute erupted after BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri suggested Jana Gana Mana was written to welcome the British, drawing a fact-check from Congress’s Priyank Kharge citing Tagore’s 1911 authorship and later clarifications.
- Media noted that the viral Kannada clip of Kageri’s remarks had not been independently verified in full, as separate debates grew over religious objections, including Abu Asim Azmi declining a recital and criticism of Rajasthan’s madrasa order.