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Does The National Anthem Need A Revision? Assam Congress MP Submits Resolution In Rajya Sabha
Swarajya Staff
Mar 16, 2018, 04:37 PM | Updated 04:37 PM IST
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Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Assam, Ripun Bora has submitted a resolution in the upper house of the Parliament calling for the national anthem to be revised.
North East is important part of India, it is unfortunate that it is not part of national anthem on other hand Sindh is mentioned, which is no longer part of India but part of Pakistan, which is a hostile country: Ripun Bora,Cong MP on his resolution in RS to amend National Anthem pic.twitter.com/3X72VJMCMK
— ANI (@ANI) March 16, 2018
Bora has moved a private member’s resolution in the Rajya Sabha advocating a change in the national anthem to incorporate the Northeast India into the anthem.
Jana Gana Mana was penned by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1911 many years before independence and was adopted as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
The resolution submitted by Bora also states that the then President Rajendra Prasad had said that an amendment in the national anthem is possible if the need arises and the government authorises it.
Bora has advocated replacing the word ‘Sindh’ with ‘Northeast India’ in his resolution.
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