(Tribune)
Uttarakhand Minister of State for Higher Education (independent charge) Dr Dhan Singh Rawat is now mulling making mandatory daily singing of Vande Mataram in universities and colleges of the state.Barely a week after he issued diktat directing all universities for compulsory daily hosting of the Tricolour in their campuses for which he was even identified as Tiranga Mantri, Dr Dhan Singh Rawat has now announced the singing of the national song compulsory soon in colleges and universities across the state.Dr Rawat said if one wanted to stay in Uttarakhand, he would have to sing Vande Mataram (Uttarakhand main rehna hoga, Vande Mataram kehna hoga).Srinagar Garhwal BJP MP and former RSS paracharak, Dr Dhan Singh, who was an entrant to the newly set up Trivendra Singh Rawat ministry in Uttarakhand has shot into the limelight for some of his uncanny announcements.
