Not Just Vande Mataram, National Anthem Will Also be Sung : Kamal Nath

Mumbai : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday ended the controversy over the singing Vande Mataram in the secretariat be stopped once and for all, to end the dispute.

“At 10.45 AM on the first working day of every month, police band will play the tunes which encourage patriotic feelings during their march from Shaurya Samarak to Vallabh Bhawan in Bhopal. On arrival at the Bhawan, the national anthem and Vande Mataram will be sung.” Nath said.

The state government’s decision to stop the tradition of Vande Mataram singing in the secretariat on the first day of every month has been criticized for all over the region.  Responding to the reactions, Nath had said that he would give a “new look” to the national song.

“It is wrong to do politics on Vande Mataram. They do politics on everything from Ram temple to Vande Mataram. I condemn this. I will give a new ‘roop’ (look) to Vande Mataram,” he said.

The song was not sung on the first working day of January in the state secretariat on Tuesday, after which the opposition BJP attacked Chief Minister Kamal Nath, to know if it was done on his instruction. Among all the criticisms, Nath insisted that dissection was only temporary and that the practice would be restored in the new form.