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West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh connected Friday (May 22, 2026) asserted that singing of 'Vande Mataram' is compulsory successful each schools and madrasas crossed the State, wherever authorities funds are used.
The West Bengal Government has made the singing of 'Vande Mataram' astatine assembly prayers compulsory successful each madrasas with contiguous effect, according to an authoritative order. The bid by the Directorate of Madrasah Education came astir a week aft the State's BJP Government made singing the nationalist opus mandatory successful each schools.
"Vande Mataram volition beryllium sung successful each schools and madrasas, everywhere. Wherever authorities funds are used, and authorities laws apply, the nationalist opus indispensable beryllium sung. This is however it is followed crossed the country," the elder BJP person told reporters.
All Bengal Minority Youth Federation president Humayun Kabir connected Thursday (May 21) had said madrasas would defy immoderate effort to enforce the order. "Vande Mataram volition not beryllium sung successful madrasas. The authorities has nary authorization to dictate specified matters successful madrasas," Mr. Kabir said.
He claimed that if the directive was enforced, "All Muslims volition unite to protestation specified diktat". Mr. Kabir, a erstwhile Trinamool Congress MLA from Bharatpur successful Murshidabad territory who aboriginal floated his ain number outfit, besides referred to caller anti-encroachment demolition drives successful parts of the State and elsewhere successful the country.
"I volition not protestation against the removal of amerciable encroachments. But I volition reason the mistreatment of Muslims," helium said.
