Bhopal: Former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders sing Vande Mataram outside Mantralaya.


This is Chouhan's way of protesting since Chief Minister Kamal Nath has done away with the practice of singing the national song on the first working day of January at the Madhya Pradesh secretariat on the first working day of every month, a norm when Chouhan was the CM.


However, Kamal Nath announced last week that at 10:45 am on the first working day of every month, the police band will play the tunes that encourage patriotic feelings during their march from Shaurya Samarak to Vallabh Bhawan in Bhopal. On arrival at the Bhawan, the National Anthem and Vande Mataram will be sung.