J&K: Doda Admin's Order Mandating Recitation of Vande Mataram In Schools Sparks Outrage
Jehangir Ali | 02 November 2025 | The Wire
Srinagar: The administration in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district has directed all schools to recite the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ during morning assemblies, prompting outrage from religious leaders and clerics.
J&K’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who also heads the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, termed it a “direct attack” on the religious beliefs of Muslims while calling on the administration to roll back the “blasphemous” order….