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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday (May 14, 2026) released an order mandating the singing of National Song”Vande Mataram “in all State-run schools throughout school assembly prayers before start of classes

“In supersession of all previous orders and practices, the Government of West Bengal has actually mandated the singing of the National Song of Bharat– Vande Mataram– throughout School Assembly Prayers before the beginning of Classes in all Schools under the School Education Department throughout West Bengal, efficient instantly,” Mr. Adhikari published on social networks, sharing the notice by the School Education Department.

The alert reserves the order by the Trinamool Congress in November 2025 where the federal government made it obligatory for all schools run and assisted by the State Government to sing the State Song,Banglar MatiBanglar Jolthroughout their early morning assembly. TheBanglar MatiBanglar Jolis a 1905 structure of Rabindranath Tagore, which implies ‘The Soil of Bengal, The Water of Bengal’.

In February 2026, the Union federal government had actually stated in a set of guidelines to States and other federal government bodies that the nationwide tuneVande Matarammust be sung or played before the nationwide anthemJana Gana Manawhen both the tunes are dipped into an occasion.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led federal government had actually likewise arranged an argument in Parliament to mark the 150th anniversary of the tune being composed by Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

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