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Pinarayi Vijayan attacks Kerala govt over full Vande Mataram order
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has demanded the Kerala government withdraw an order directing that the full version of Vande Mataram be sung during Independence Day celebrations. He alleged on Saturday that the…
The Story in Brief
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has demanded the Kerala government withdraw an order directing that the full version of Vande Mataram be sung during Independence Day celebrations. He alleged on Saturday that the United Democratic Front (UDF) government was surrendering to the RSS agenda.
The order, issued by Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha on August 6, follows a Union Culture Ministry communication linking the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign with the 150th-anniversary celebrations of the national song. Vijayan said the Constituent Assembly had decided only the initial stanzas should be sung, a policy he claimed was followed until the current government came to power. CPI(M) leader P Rajeev also criticised the decision.
The Indian Opinion
The charge that singing a national song in full amounts to surrendering to an RSS agenda is a standard political shortcut. Vande Mataram has been a contested symbol since before Independence. The Constituent Assembly did debate its status but never passed a formal resolution limiting it to two stanzas. Instead, it was agreed that the first two stanzas would be played on official occasions. That is practice, not a binding diktat. The real question is whether the state government issued this order on its own conviction or simply forwarded a circular from Delhi. The letter itself should be made public and debated on its text, not on slogans.
Source: telanganatoday.com
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