The Assam government has ordered an inquiry after a video showing a Congress leader singing Bangladesh’s national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, during a party meeting in Sribhumi district went viral, sparking a political row.

The incident reportedly occurred on October 27 during a Congress Seva Dal meeting held at Indira Bhavan, the party’s district office in Sribhumi town. The anthem was sung by Vidhu Bhushan Das, an 85-year-old Congress leader and poet, who rendered two lines from the song written by Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate who also composed India’s national anthem.

Following the video’s circulation, Assam Fishery Minister Krishnendu Paul directed the district administration to initiate an inquiry. “We have received oral instructions from the minister to look into the matt

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