Lucknow, Dec. 22 -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Danish Azad Ansari on Monday stated that the discussion on the "150 years of Vande Mataram" in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly marked a historical day for the House.

"Today is a historic day for the House. A discussion is taking place on Vande Mataram, which has a very significant history in our country's freedom struggle...Today, a very meaningful discussion on it has taken place in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. This in itself is a very historic day," Danish Azad Ansari said.

Earlier today, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that chanting Vande Mataram is like chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jay' while affirming that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's lea...