Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana played a powerful role in inspiring national sentiment during the freedom struggle.
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind General Secretary Maulana Mohd Hakimuddin Qasmi condemned the MHA circular as a direct assault on constitutional protections and India's pluralistic harmony.
The Union Home Ministry has directed that Vande Mataram must now precede Jana Gana Mana at all official events across India.
According to the Centre, the move is intended to standardise respect for the national song and remove what they describe as an artificial distinction between "acceptable" and "excluded" verses.
The new order will draw political controversy as the BJP and the Congress have been at loggerheads over this matter last year.
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