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Mumbai: Newly-appointed Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Sunday said all officials of the state government will have to say Vande Mataram instead of hello while receiving phone calls in offices.
We are entering the 76th year of Independence. We are celebrating Amrit Mahotsav (of Independence). Hence I want officials to say ‘Vande Mataram’ over the phone instead of hello," he said.
आज मंत्री मंडळाचे खातेवाटप जाहीर होऊन सांस्कृतिक खात्याची जवाबदारी येताच स्वातंत्र्यदिनाच्या पुर्वसंध्येला सर्व शासकीय कार्यालयांमध्ये कर्मचारी फोनवर हॅलो न म्हणता वंदे मातरम् म्हणत संभाषणाला सुरुवात करतील अशी घोषणा केली.शासन निर्णय लवकरच निर्गमित करण्यात येईल@MahaDGIPR
— Sudhir Mungantiwar (@SMungantiwar) August 14, 2022
He said a formal government order will be out by August 18.
“I want all government officials in the state to say ‘Vande Mataram’ (while receiving phones) till January 26 next year, he said.
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