[ 8 Sep, 2006 0338hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
LUCKNOW: Barring reports of stone pelting in Meerut, centenary year celebrations of Vande Mataram passed off peacefully despite all the heat that the issue had generated.
In many an educational institutions, even a few'madarsas' in Varanasi, the national song was recited with enthusiasm and ferver on Thursday morning.
In Meerut police used force to disperse two groups indulging in stone pelting. The situation was however promptly brought under control.
In Gorakhpur too, police remained on their toes throughout the day as local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Mahant Adtiyanath's had issued a threat to recite the song from a place of worship.
He remained untraceable on Thursday.In Faizabad, reports said that the Saryu Yamuna Express train was detained for two hours by students of Saket Degree College to protest against the attempts of certain sections to prevent the recital of Vande Mataram.
In Lucknow a special function was organised at City Montessori School, Gomtinagar, where students turned up in large number to sing Vande Mataram. According to school authorities, Muslim students were also participated in the program."I do not find anything against any religion in the national song," said Mohammed Tariq, a class 12th student.
Tariq's classmate Adil Usman felt that the spirit of the song was important and not the words.National song and National Anthem are the part of the daily prayers in Colvin Taluqdar's College.
Therefore students and staff recited Vande Mataram with all devotion and passion as they do everyday.
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