Vande Mataram Row: Omar Abdullah Defends Full Rendition, Cites Legal Mandate and Constitutional Protocol

The Chief Minister added that objections raised by the Congress over the full rendition were misplaced, noting that the legal framework governing national songs was already in force. “They could have stopped this through Parliament. But the law is already in place,” he remarked, suggesting that any political discomfort should have been addressed at the legislative level rather than at a ceremonial event