New Delhi, July 25 -- Union minister of state (MoS) for home affairs Nityanand Rai, on Friday, tabled the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha, proposing criminal penalties for anyone who deliberately disrupts or prevents the singing of Vande Mataram. The proposed amendment seeks to expand the scope of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, by bringing within its ambit acts of intentionally obstructing the rendition of the national song or creating disturbances during its singing. The government argued that the legislation is intended to safeguard the dignity of Vande Mataram, which played a defining role in India's freedom movement. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP S...