Updated On: 08 December, 2025 07:02 PM IST | Nagpur | mid-day online correspondent
Responding to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray’s allegation that the BJP was “imposing a ban” on the national song, Fadnavis said it was the Congress that had limited its recitation. Earlier, speaking to reporters, Thackeray had alleged that the BJP “misuses” the national song

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addresses the media in Nagpur on Monday. Pic/X
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Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that the national song, ‘Vande Mataram’, will be taken up for discussion in the next session of the state legislature.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Nagpur, Fadnavis said it was significant that Vande Mataram was being debated in Parliament.