So, here's Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath's promised action on Vande Mataram. "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," Kamal Nath says.


Attacked for breaking a 13-year tradition established by the previous BJP government of "Vande Mataram" being sung in the Madhya Pradesh secretariat on the first day of the month, Chief Minister Kamal Nath today said he would give a "new look" to the national song. He said he would make an announcement soon.


"It is wrong to do politics on Vande Mataram. They do politics on everything from Ram temple to Vande Mataram. I condemn this. I will give a new 'roop' (look) to Vande Mataram," Kamal Nath told reporters.


The row erupted over the ruling Congress, which took power in the state after defeating the BJP in polls last month, announcing that it was putting on hold the tradition of the national song in the secretariat on the first working day of every month.