The staff at the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) who used to gather every morning to sing the national anthem, stopped the practice on the basis of a verbal order. Images of Bharat Mata and of former Jan Sangh president Deendayal Upadhyaya present in the office of member secretary Umesh Kadam and the ICHR conference room were also removed after ‘objection’, The Indian Express has reported. “There was no written order to remove images of Bharat Mata and Upadhyaya, but these were removed today from both places,” a senior official said.