{"id":206036,"date":"2026-03-10T18:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=206036"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:34:29","slug":"national-anthem-or-national-song-bratya-basu-slams-cec-gyanesh-kumar-over-confused-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/national-anthem-or-national-song-bratya-basu-slams-cec-gyanesh-kumar-over-confused-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"National Anthem or National Song? Bratya Basu Slams CEC Gyanesh Kumar Over &#8216;Confused&#8217; Remark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a significant political flare-up ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, State Minister and TMC leader Bratya Basu has launched a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The controversy erupted following a press conference held by the CEC in Kolkata on Tuesday, where he allegedly misidentified India\u2019s National Anthem as the &#8216;National Song.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bratya Basu took to social media to highlight the blunder, stating that it is &#8220;shocking&#8221; for a high-ranking constitutional dignitary to not know the difference between the two. During his speech, while attempting to pay tribute to Bengal\u2019s icons like Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the CEC reportedly referred to &#8216;Jana Gana Mana&#8217; as the National Song (Vande Mataram is India\u2019s National Song, while Jana Gana Mana is the National Anthem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_39d91917f9b4d3ac-17\">&#8220;Our Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar Ji does not even know which is our National Song and which is our National Anthem! 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