Kannur: Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday demanded the withdrawal of the chief secretary's order directing that the full version of Vande Mataram be sung during Independence Day celebrations, alleging that the state government was surrendering to the RSS agenda.
Responding to reporters' questions, Vijayan said the complete version of Vande Mataram was not in keeping with the country's secular principles and claimed that the Constituent Assembly had decided that only its initial stanzas should be sung.
