Gorakhpur (UP)- Amid an ongoing controversy over the national song, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said singing “Vande Mataram” will be made compulsory in every school and educational institution of the state.

Addressing an ‘Ekta Yatra’ (Unity March) event in Gorakhpur, he said this step would inspire feelings of reverence and pride among citizens towards “Bharat Mata” and the motherland.

“There should be a sense of respect for the national song Vande Mataram. We will make its singing compulsory in every school and educational institution of Uttar Pradesh,” he said.

A political row over the national song erupted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said that dropping key stanzas of the song in 1937 had “sown the seeds of Partition” and such a “divisive mi

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