Watch: Vande Mataram: What’s the bigger picture in West Bengal? | Above the Fold | 20.05.2026

In today’s episode, West Bengal politics dominates headlines as the State makes Vande Mataram compulsory in madrasas, announces action against illegal infiltrators, and restricts officials from speaking to media. Plus, the viral Cockroach Janata Party controversy, Tamil Nadu’s major Cabinet reshuffle under C. Joseph Vijay, and more
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