Uproar over suspension of Vande Matram in MP govt offices | Master Stroke

The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday took a U-turn to announce that reciting "Vande Mataram" will be restored at the state secretariat from next month but added singing of national anthem to the practice.

The newly-elected Congress government was at the centre of a controversy over its decision to discontinue the practice of government employees singing "Vande Mataram" on the first working day of every month at the secretariat here.