Sajal Chattopadhyay, great-grandson of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, thanked PM Narendra Modi for celebrating 150 years of Vande Mataram. He said, "This should have happened long ago...What PM has done is good." He accused West Bengal government of neglecting his family and Chatterjee, adding, "She (CM Mamata Banerjee) hasn't done anything yet...There have been no efforts from...this government."