Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that singing ‘Vande Mataram’ will be made mandatory in all schools and educational institutions across the state.

Addressing the ‘Ekta Yatra’ and Vande Mataram singing event in Gorakhpur, CM Yogi said, “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 so that a sense of reverence and respect is invoked in everyone towards Bharat Mata and Matrubhoomi.”

The Chief Minister also mentioned that from 1896 to 1922, Vande Mataram was sung at every Congress session, but in 1923, when Mohammad Ali Jauhar became the Congress president, he walked out as soon as the song began and refused to participate.

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