UP Govt Schoolteacher Booked, Suspended for Objecting to Singing of Vande Mataram
Maulshree Seth | 13 November 2025 | The Indian Express
An assistant teacher at a government school in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh has been booked and suspended after he allegedly refused to sing Vande Mataram and entered into a scuffle with other teachers over the singing of the national song, said police.
State Education Department officials said the suspension of Shamshul Hasan, a teacher at the Shahpur Qutub Primary School, and the inquiry have been initiated based on the testimony of five teachers at the school. They have recorded his statement, in which he has admitted to opposing the singing of the national song…