The direction was issued by the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan while hearing the PIL filed by Ananya Radhakrishnan of Chennai.
Poonawalla claimed that the Congress was displaying the same mindset that had previously resulted in the national song being restricted to only two stanzas.
The governor has maintained that all events conducted under his leadership at Lok Bhavan would have to follow the MHA directive mandating that Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana be rendered first.
