The escalating political row over engaging schoolchildren to render a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) anthem (Gana Geetham) during the flagging-off ceremony of the Ernakulam-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express on Saturday (November 8, 2025) took a regulatory turn on Sunday (November 9).
General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has tasked the Director of General Education, Kerala, with investigating the episode and reporting any violations of the Kerala Educational Act and the Kerala Educational Rules, pushing the festering controversy into a legal trajectory within the State government’s jurisdictionary authority.
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Serious violation
Mr Sivankutty stated that the government viewed the matter with utmost seriousness. He said using children as a foil to imbue government functions with a political colour was a brazen violation of the Constitution and children’s rights, including the Right To Education, and a cheeky trespass on official protocol. “Can we allow revolutionary songs at official functions?” he added.
