India, Dec. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will initiate a debate on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The lower house of the Parliament has listed the issue for discussion on Monday and allocated 10 hours for the debate.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to be the second speaker. Also expected to participate in the discussion are Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among other members. The debate is part of the year-long celebrations on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
The issue will be taken up for discussion in the upper house on Tuesday. Home Minister Amit Shah will initiate the discussion in Rajya Sabha ...