INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Updated: Jan 23, 2020 09:11 IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): After Maharashtra, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday made the reading
of Preamble of the Constitution mandatory in schools on every Saturday.The Department of School Education stated that orders in this regard
have been issued to District Education Officers.Earlier, the Maharashtra government made the reading of Preamble of the Constitution after
prayer mandatory in all primary and secondary schools, starting from January 26.The statement issued by School Education Minister and senior
Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad on Tuesday, read, "From January 26, a programme called Sovereignty of Constitution, the public interest of
all will be started, wherein every school Preamble of the Constitution will be read by all in a group before the classes begin.""It is being
done so that everyone comes to know and understand the basic principles of the inclusiveness, justice, equality, liberty and brotherhood,"
the statement read.A similar order was passed by the School Education and Sports Department on February 4, 2013, but was observed that this
order of 2013 is not being complied, according to the statement
