By Subhankar Chowdhury
The education department on Tuesday made the singing of Vande Mataram during morning assembly mandatory in government and government-aided schools.
“All students in all schools in the state” have to sing Vande Mataram in the morning “with immediate effect”, says the order.
“The singing of Vande Mataram during morning assembly prayers prior to the start of classes should be made mandatory…. Vande Mataram should be sung by all the students in all schools in the state with immediate effect,” says the government order sent to heads of government and government-aided schools.
“All are requested to comply with the message and give feedback in this group positively,” the order says.
The Mamata Banerjee government had asked all government and aided schools to include the “state song,” Banglar Mati Banglar Jol, in the morning assembly.
Rabindranath Tagore composed it in 1905 to protest the partition of the then-undivided Bengal by Lord Curzon.
The new BJP government’s decision was taken on Tuesday.
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