Reacting to Modi being awarded the Order of 'Oliy Darajali Dustlik', Uzbekistan's highest state award, Owaisi said he congratulated the BJP and pointed out that Uzbekistan was the country from which Babur came to India

His remarks came after the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on July 24. The proposed legislation seeks to grant the national song 'Vande Mataram' the same legal and statutory protection currently enjoyed by the national anthem