New Delhi: A government school teacher in UP’s Aligarh district has been suspended after he allegedly objected to the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ during the students’ morning assembly here.

Shamsul Hasan, who works at the Government Higher Secondary School in Shahpur Qutub area, raised an objection when the ‘Vande Mataram’ song was introduced following the National Anthem in the morning assembly, PTI quoted District Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Rakesh Kumar Singh as saying. ADVERTISEMENT

The school authorities lodged a written complaint against the teacher following which an Education department officer visited the school and recorded statements from the staff.

Singh said the inquiry revealed Hasan had also “misbehaved” with colleagues during the argument.

School principal Sushma Rani

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