Vande Mataram the Government may authorise as occasion arises, and the song Vande Mataram, which has played a historic part in the struggle for Indian freedom, shall be honoured equally with Jana Gana Mana and shall have equal status with it. (Applause) I hope this will satisfy members. In 2017, the Supreme Court of India declared that there is no concept of national song of India as per the Constitution. The court also declined a petition from a BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay that wanted the court to direct the Central government to promote Vande Mataram and to frame a national policy for
Of Thee I Sing Of Thee I Sing Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances, gaining critical and box