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Bihar's education minister Mewalal Choudhary 'doesn't know National Anthem', resigns hours after assuming office

Earlier in the day, Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD had shared an old video of Choudhary struggling to sing the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', on the microblogging site Twitter.

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Bihar’s newly appointed Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigned from the post on Thursday just three days after taking oath over corruption charges and an hour after assuming office. Choudhary has been in the eye of the storm ever since he was inducted into Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Cabinet for facing various corruption charges.

On Wednesday, Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) renewed its attack on the state government by sharing an old video of Choudhary singing the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' incorrectly, on the microblogging site Twitter. 

The undated video shared by the RJD shows Choudhary botching up the lines of the national anthem and singing incorrect lines at a flag-hoisting ceremony. He was surrounded by children and a few adults as he saluted the national flag.

"Bihar Education Minister Mevalal Chaudhary, accused in several corruption cases, does not even know the national anthem. Nitish Kumar-ji, is there any shame left? Where did the conscience sink?" the RJD tweeted in Hindi.

In the video, Mewalal Choudhary dressed in white kurta pajama is seen struggling to recite the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ while unfurling the tricolor. 

Mewalal Choudhary not only mispronounces many words but is heard also adding random words before abruptly ending the national anthem in the 38-second clip.

Mewalal Choudhary, 67, was suspended from the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) in 2017 after a case was registered against him over alleged irregularities in appointments during his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of the Bihar Agriculture University in Bhagalpur district. He was later re-inducted to the party.

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