Tamil Nadu's New Chief Minister Vijay Sparks Controversy with Unconventional Swearing-in Ceremony

Chennai: Thalapathy Vijay's government has been formed in Tamil Nadu. Joseph Vijay took oath as the Chief Minister. During the swearing-in ceremony, a big message was given to the whole country including Tamil Nadu. This message was about the controversy of the national anthem and the national anthem. The central government had issued new guidelines just a few days ago, which made it mandatory to sing the full six-verse version of'Vande Mataram '. At Vijay's swearing-in ceremony, the Vande Mataram song was sung before the national anthem. Then the national anthem was sung and then the Tamil Nadu anthem was played. This is the same Tamil Nadu, where the Stalin government had the order not to sing and play Vande Mataram. Tamil Nadu government programs traditionally start with the singing of'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu '. This is the state anthem of Tamil Nadu. But Vijay's swearing-in ceremony as the Chief Minister was started with'Vande Mataram'instead. The national anthem was played after the national anthem and only after that'Thai Vande Mataram'was written in Bengali by famous Bengali writer Chandra Chattopadhyay.