PIL Challenges 'Vande Mataram' Guidelines; Adhir Chowdhury Demands Hearing

• A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Kolkata High Court challenging the Union Home Ministry's new guidelines on 'Vande Mataram'.
• Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury stated, "We want a hearing. Why should there be controversy over these matters? We want these controversies to stop and a hearing to be held."
• The new guidelines mandate 'Vande Mataram' to be sung or played before 'Jana Gana Mana' at all government events and schools, with everyone required to stand.
• The Centre's new rules also state that all six stanzas of 'Vande Mataram' will now be sung, including the four previously omitted for official purposes.
• The PIL challenges the central government's notification, with an urgent hearing appeal made to the division bench of High Court Chief Justice Sujay Pal.