In the meeting of the leaders of the ruling party and the opposition with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday, it was decided that the topics of completion of 150 years of the composition of the national song Vande Mataram and electoral reforms will be discussed in the House next week. In the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), it was decided that there will be a discussion on Vande Mataram in the House on coming Monday (8 December 2025), which will be initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was agreed to discuss election reforms on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PM Modi will start the discussion

After this consensus was reached in the meeting of the ruling party and opposition leaders with Speaker Om Birla, the ongoing deadlock in the Lok Sabha is likely to end. After the BAC meeting, Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha Kodikunil Suresh told reporters, “After the BAC meeting, it was decided to discuss Vande Mataram and election reforms.” There will be a discussion on Vande Mataram on Monday and the Prime Minister will initiate this discussion. After this, election reforms will be discussed on Tuesday and Wednesday and the time can be extended if necessary.

During the All Party Meeting Chaired by Hon’ble Speaker Lok Sabha today, it has been decided to hold discussion in Lok Sabha on 150th Anniversary of National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ from 12 Noon on Monday 8th Dec and discussion on Election Reforms from 12 noon on Tuesday 9th Dec.

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 2, 2025

When will electoral reforms be discussed in the House?

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said, in the all-party meeting chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, it was decided that the 150th anniversary of the national song Vande Mataram will be discussed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, December 8 from 12 noon. After this, a discussion on election reforms will be organized on Tuesday 9th December from 12 noon.

There was a deadlock in the Lok Sabha on Monday and Tuesday on the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists. Members of opposition parties created ruckus in the House on this issue.

A special discussion will be organized in the winter session of Parliament later this week on the completion of 150 years of India’s national song Vande Mataram. A time of 10 hours has been set for discussion on this in the Lok Sabha, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also participate. In the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha, the government gave priority to Vande Mataram, while the Congress demanded a debate on SIR and electoral reforms. TMC has supported a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on Vande Mataram.

‘Congress tampered with Vande Mataram song’

On November 7, a program was organized in Delhi on the completion of 150 years of the song ‘Vande Mataram’, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Congress party had tampered with the song. PM Modi said, ‘Unfortunately, in 1937, the Congress Party under the leadership of Nehru had removed important stanzas from the original ‘Vande Mataram’ song. ‘Vande Mataram’ was broken into pieces. It also sowed the seeds of division. Why was this injustice done?’

Congress’s response to PM Modi’s allegation

On the occasion of completion of 150 years of the composition of Vande Mataran, the Central Government had also issued a special commemorative coin and postage stamp. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh hit back at PM Modi’s statement and accused him of insulting the Congress Working Committee of 1937 and Rabindranath Tagore. He posted on X and wrote, ‘The Prime Minister’s insult to CWC and Tagore is shocking, but not surprising. This is because RSS did not play any role in the freedom struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi.

Jairam Ramesh wrote on Many senior leaders including Kripalani, Bhulabhai Desai, Jamnalal Bajaj and Narendra Dev had participated.

He wrote, ‘The CWC statement on Vande Mataram was issued on 28 October 1937, which was deeply influenced by the advice of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The Prime Minister has insulted both this historical committee and Tagore.

When did Bankim Chandra Chatterjee write the song Vande Mataram?

India’s national song Vande Mataram was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and was published in the literary magazine Bangadarshan on November 7, 1875. It was later included in his famous novel Anandamath. This novel is based on the background of the Sanyasi rebellion. This was a rebellion against the British East India Company in Bengal Presidency. At that time Bihar and Orissa were also part of Bengal.