Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala government on Sunday ordered a probe into the reported act of the Southern Railway making school students sing an RSS song onboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express from Ernakulam to Bengaluru.

General Education Minister V Sivankutty instructed the Director of Public Instructions (DPI) to conduct inquiry and submit a report in this regard. In a statement issued by the minister's office, Sivankutty said the government views the incident with utmost seriousness.

Politicisng children at government events and using them to promote the communal agenda of any particular group is a violation of constitutional principles, he said.

"The Director of Public Instructions (DPI) has been directed to immediately conduct an inquiry and submit a report," he said

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