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Parliament Winter Session LIVE Updates: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is set to kick off the debate on election reforms in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. On Monday, a special discussion was held in the lower house to commemorate 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’. PM Modi spoke in a fervent tone as he opened the debate at noon. The discussion reached its fruitful conclusion, and the house was adjourned till 11 am on December 9
The Rajya Sabha is set to take up the debate on Vande Matram on Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah initiating it. Members of the Parliament are bracing for a heated debate on electoral reforms and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the Lok Sabha today. The discussion may witness a stormy session, with the opposition demanding the NDA government’s accountability in voter-roll practices.
“Vande Mataram is a mantra, a slogan that gave energy, inspiration, and showed the path for sacrifice and penance to the freedom movement. It is a matter of pride that we are becoming witnesses to 150 years of Vande Mataram. It is a historic moment. It is a period when many historical events are being celebrated as milestones… We recently celebrated 75 years of our Constitution. The country is celebrating the 150th birth anniversaries of Sardar Patel and Birsa Munda. We are also celebrating the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur ji. Now we are celebrating 150 years of Vande Mataram,” PM Modi said in the Lok Sabha on Monday
On November 7, 1875, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee published ‘Vande Mataram’ in the literary journal Bangadarshan. It was used as a political slogan in August 1905 by those who protested and opposed the British Crown, demanding liberation near the town hall in Calcutta (Kolkata). This student procession advocated the idea of ‘Swadeshi’ and called for boycotting British goods. Between 1905 to 1947, many who fought for freedom raised the ‘Vande Mataram’ slogan against the East India Company. In other words, the slogan became a political war cry among the nationalists.
Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Piyush Goyal, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and other MPs walk towards the New Parliament Building after the NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting in the old Parliament.
#watch | Delhi | Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Piyush Goyal, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and other MPs walk towards the New Parliament Building after the NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting in the old Parliament. pic.twitter.com/3GK9QMwoRd
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2025
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings begin at 11 am.
Delhi: On a debate on Vande Mataram in the Rajya Sabha, CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar says, "Today Vande Mataram will be discussed in the Rajya Sabha. All this is planned to attack Jawaharlal Nehru and India's freedom movement. The whole intention of these types of movements is nothing... Before the Prime Minister or the Home Minister even begins the speech, we can easily understand the content of the speech..."
#watch | Delhi: On debate on Vande Mataram in the Rajya Sabha, CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar says, "Today Vande Mataram will be discussed in Rajya Sabha. All this is planned to attack Jawaharlal Nehru and India's freedom movement. The whole intention of these types of movements is… pic.twitter.com/Olku3xpyfM
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2025
The Rajya Sabha is set to take up the debate on Vande Matram on Tuesday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah initiating it.
#watch | PM Narendra Modi arrives for the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting. pic.twitter.com/74ZRr8teih
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2025
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is set to kick off the debate on election reforms in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Parliament Winter Session LIVE: Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Piyush Goyal head to new Parliament after NDA meeting
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