'Secular Ode Vs Religious Battle Cry': Ex-IAS Officer Challenges Modi Govt's Six-Stanza Vande Mataram Order In SC
Oct 23, 2026
The petitioner asserts that the stanzas added to Vande Mataram in Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1882 novel Anandamath frame the song as a battle cry devoted to specific deities