The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently made singing of the national song - Vande Mataram - compulsory in all civic schools in Mumbai.

Supporting the move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went a step ahead suggesting singing of Vande Mataram be made mandatory in schools across Maharashtra.

Both parties appeared to have been inspired by a recent Madras High Court order that made Vande Mataram mandatory in schools and offices.

In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government issued a circular directing all madarsas (Islamic schools) to hold celebrations on Independence Day and videograph the event. Singing Vande Mataram is a must according to the circular.

The BJP wants to impose Vande Mataram to inculcate national pride, however, it should first tutor party leaders to learn the song.

WHEN UP MINISTER FAILED TO SING VANDE MATARAM

During India Today's show Newsroom with Rahul Kanwal, UP's MoS Minority Welfare, Baldev Singh Aulakh, was left red faced after he failed to sing even a line of Vande Mataram.

When asked to sing, Aulakh changed the topic by saying that the whole of India should know the song. Despite several requests, the UP minister kept on making one excuse after another to avoid singing the national song.

At one point he even appeared asking for a paper with wordings on the song live on TV.

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UP MADARSAS TOLD TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY, VIDEOGRAPH EVENT

The Uttar Pradesh government earlier today directed all madarsas (Islamic schools) to hold celebrations on Independence Day and videograph the event, according to minority welfare minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary.

Chaudhary's junior minister Baldev Aulakh even warned of action against madrassas which do not follow the order.

"We have asked for videography of all programmes. We can check at random as to which madarsa has celebrated it or not," Aulakh said.

"If any madarsa does not celebrate it, action will be taken against it," he said, without elaborating.

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