Overview
- AIMIM MLAs and MLCs exited the House when 'Vande Mataram' was played, returning for 'Jana Gana Mana'.
- The walkouts occurred twice—before Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla’s address and again when the song was replayed afterward.
- Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar called the move 'a direct insult to the national song' in a post on X.
- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy termed the act 'shameful' and 'anti-national' and urged Speaker G Prasad Kumar to initiate action.
- Reports said the full rendition was included under a recent Centre directive, and no immediate response from AIMIM was reported.