Overview
- At the inauguration of year-long commemorations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a stamp and coin and said the 1937 dropping of later stanzas of Vande Mataram sowed the seeds of Partition.
- On Sunday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted archival CWC extracts and Tagore references, accusing the Prime Minister of insulting Tagore and the 1937 committee and demanding an apology.
- The Trinamool Congress held a protest at Tagore’s Jorasanko residence, alleging BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri demeaned the national anthem and saying BJP inaction amounts to tacit approval; Kageri had made the remarks at a Vande Mataram event and later retracted, according to reports.
- Indian diplomatic missions organized mass renditions and events worldwide, with MoS Pabitra Margherita launching celebrations in La Paz attended by over 150 people and similar gatherings reported in Chile, Colombia, Canada, Argentina and Peru.
- The dispute has become a new political front in West Bengal as the BJP and TMC trade charges over respect for Tagore and Bankim Chandra ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.