Overview
- Lok Sabha has listed a 10-hour discussion on the national song, with the BJP allotted three hours and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh slated to speak near the close.
- In the Upper House on Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah will open the discussion, with Leader of the House J. P. Nadda among those set to speak.
- Congress has named Gaurav Gogoi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among eight MPs for the Lok Sabha debate, with Gogoi expected to open for the Opposition.
- Following all-party and BAC agreements that ended earlier adjournments, Parliament will hold a separate debate on electoral reforms and the SIR from Dec 9–11, with Rahul Gandhi leading the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Law Minister Arjun Meghwal slated to reply.
- The commemoration has intensified partisan arguments over the 1937 decision to sing only the first two stanzas, with the BJP criticising Congress and the Congress citing Rabindranath Tagore’s advice.