Vande Mataram gets back 4 stanzas, must be played at govt, school events: List of Centre’s new guidelines Share February 11, 2026 minutespedia.in Topstory Vande Mataram – the National Song of India will now be sung or played with all of its 6 original stanzas, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said in its revised guidelines, bringinng back the 4 stanzas which were removed by the Congress in 1937.