The bill -- Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was cleared by the Lower House with a voice vote, setting the stage for bringing the National Song – Vande Mataram, on the same footing as that of National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana. He said that the Parliament has already held marathon debate on the national song Vande Mataram and the proposed legislation is now giving legal protection to it. Defending the Bill, he added that people of the country will now be able to show same reverence to the National Anthem as well as the National Song. The Vande Mataram Bill is now set to become legislation after the President's ascent. Once it becomes legislation, any intentional disruption or prevention of singing of the national song, Vande Mataram, will make the act a punishable offence and invite legal action.