Politics Wrap: India — Today's Developments

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Act, 2026 — passed during Parliament's monsoon session — has detonated a full-blown BJP-Congress war over how many stanzas of the national song are enough. After the Congress Working Committee on Wednesday voted to sing only the first two stanzas at party events, Amit Shah declared the decision "anti-national" and announced that full rendition of all six stanzas would be mandatory at all government events. The...