BJP government in UP, which is led by Adityanath, has asked the government and government aided schools in UP to organize a singing competition based on Bhagavad Gita. The competition will be conducted by the state secondary education department in the state capital Lucknow.
In the directive, all government and government aided schools have been asked to organize the competition collectively.
"The names of the singers or troupes will be short-listed at the district and divisional levels from December 11 to 15 for a state-level event later this month," officials said.
The best singer will be shortlisted by a panel, which will have experts from music, Gita, Hindi and Sanskrit fields.
"Pronunciation and singing skills of the contestants will be judged during the competition," said the official.
The divisional level signing competition will be hed at Gorakhpur (for both Gorakhpur and Basti divisions), Faizabad (for both Faizabad and Devi Patan divisions), Varanasi (for Varanasi, Azamgarh and Mirzapur divisions), Jhansi (for Jhansi and Chitrakoot divisions), Agra (for Agra and Aligarh divisions), Meerut (for Meerut and Saharanpur divisions), Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur, Moradabad and Bareilly.
"You have been directed to ensure that a competition, first at the district level, be held and names of three singers/troupe be short-listed and sent so that a similar competition may be held at the divisional level among 12 names on or before December 10," said a letter written by Anjana Goel, joint director (education) to the district education officers.