Bengaluru, Sept. 23 -- Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has written to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) seeking reconsideration of the State Government's decision to limit Vande Mataram to two stanzas at official events.
The Congress State Government had recently ordered that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, except those attended by the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister or Governor.
In a letter to the Chief Minister dated Sept. 22, the Governor said that the Sept. 8, 2026 Government Order appeared to be contrary to the guidelines issued by the Centre and raised Constitutional and statutory questions in the wake of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2026. He referred ...