Chaos at Kozhikode Corporation’s I-Day flag-hoisting as councillors simultaneously sing national anthem, Vande Mataram

As Mayor and councillors from CPI(M)-led ruling front and Congress-led UDF began singing Jana Gana Mana, BJP councillors, about 13 of them, started singing the full version of Vande Mataram. Both groups persisted despite the resulting confusion
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