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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday (Might well well 14, 2026) issued an checklist mandating the singing of Nationwide Music “Vande Mataram” in all Suppose-rush faculties at some stage in school assembly prayers before commencement of courses
“In supersession of all outdated orders and practices, the Authorities of West Bengal has mandated the singing of the Nationwide Music of Bharat – Vande Mataram – at some stage in College Assembly Prayers before the commencement of Classes in all Colleges beneath the College Training Division across West Bengal, effective immediately,” Mr. Adhikari posted on social media, sharing the notification by the College Training Division.
The notification reserves the checklist by the Trinamool Congress in November 2025 where the federal government made it foremost for all faculties rush and aided by the Suppose Authorities to tell the Suppose Music, Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol, at some stage in their morning assembly. The Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol is a 1905 composition of Rabindranath Tagore, that method ‘The Soil of Bengal, The Water of Bengal’.
In February 2026, the Union government had said in a attach of instructions to States and other government bodies that the nationwide tune Vande Mataram might per chance most likely simply silent be sung or played before the nationwide anthem Jana Gana Mana when both the songs are played at an match.
The Bharatiya Janata Gather together-led government had also organised a debate in Parliament to label the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the tune being written by Bengali novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
At some stage in the campaign for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the BJP leadership had accused the Trinamool Congress government of no longer giving due recognition to Vande Mataram. Some people of the family of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay also joined the BJP. Sumitro Chatterjee, a descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay contested and won the Naihati Assembly seat in North 24 Parganas on a BJP note.
Printed – Might well well 14, 2026 12:31 pm IST
