Madhya Pradesh Secretariat Skips Vande Mataram, Shivraj Chouhan Bristles | Read

A row has erupted in Madhya Pradesh with the new Congress government deciding to put on hold the previous BJP government's tradition to recite the national song, Vande Mataram, in the secretariat on the first working day of every month. "A decision has been taken to implement the order in a new form," Chief Minister Kamal Nath, who took oath last month, told news agency ANI, confirming the tradition has been put on hold.