 In 2014 a private school in south Kerala removed "Vande Mataram" from their Independence Day programme after workers of the SDPI threatened to disrupt the programme, saying that some of the words in the song were against the religious beliefs of the Muslim community.The school also dropped the "namaste" gesture from a dance number performed during Independence Day celebrations, inviting sharp criticism from various quarters.The song was dropped after several rounds of rehearsals.