Singing national anthem will be made mandatory in all colleges in Maharashtra from February 19, said Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant. He said the government will soon send a direction in this regard to all colleges in the state.
“Recently we have taken a decision that national anthem should be sung before college work starts. So, we are going to start this from February 19 on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti. The letter regarding the same will be issued to all colleges. All have agreed to implement this decision,” he said while talking at an event in Pune.
He further said: “I think 15 lakh people will be singing the national anthem in a day and Maharahtra will be the only state in the country to do that.”
Earlier, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state had made it mandatory for school students to read out the preamble of the Constitution during their morning assemblies from January 26.