Pinarayi Vijayan demands withdrawal of order to sing full Vande Mataram on Aug 15
While speaking to reporters, Vijayan alleged that the complete version of Vande Mataram was not in line with secularism, referring to Nehru and Congress policy.
Kerala’s Leader of Opposition, Pinarayi Vijayan, has called for the withdrawal of a directive from Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha to sing the full version of Vande Mataram during Independence Day celebrations on August 15, claiming it goes against the country’s secular principles. Vijayan argued that the entire song contradicts secularism, as decided by the Constituent Assembly, and emphasized that only its initial stanzas should be sung.
He pointed out that this policy was initially followed by leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress, but changed under the current UDF government, which allegedly surrendered to the RSS agenda.
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