'Come What May', Uttarakhand Congress Won't Sing Vande Mataram

Dehradun: Amid the raging debate over Vande Mataram, the Uttarakhand Congress has said that the national song will not be sung at the party's official programmes for one month "come what may".

Rawat had also said that singing of the national song was being made compulsory in schools across the state.

State Congress president Kishore Upadhyay said, "They cannot impose things like that on people. I announce that we will not sing Vande Mataram at our programmes for one month come what may."

Reacting to the Congress leader's assertion, state BJP chief Ajay Bhatt said by opposing an age old tradition of concluding every official programme with the singing of the national song, the Congress had only "reflected its decadent culture".(With PTI inputs)