Allahabad, Aug 7 (Agencies): In a shocking incident, a school in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad has banned the National Anthem in its premises.

Reportedly, the manager of the school has asked the students not to sing National Anthem as he feels that 'Bharat bhagya vidhata' line in the anthem is against Islam.

Protesting against the ban, eight teachers of the school have resigned from the job.

The name of this educational institution is MA Convent School, based in Baghara locality of the city.

According to The Times of India, the manager is running two schools and both are not affiliated. The school in Saidabad has 330 students and 20 teachers.

Principal Ritu Shukla said, "I was supposed to make preparations for Independence Day programme. The National Anthem was to be sung after the unfurling of the Tricolour. We had also lined up Saraswati Vandana and Vande Mataram for the event."

She said, "On Thursday, the programme was presented to manager and owner of the school Zia-ul-Haq. He said that Saraswati Vandana and Vande Mataram hurt the sentiments of the community. Then he raised objections on a line of National Anthem and said this too will not be sung."

When the principal protested, he allegedly said that 'those who are objecting to my decision on National Anthem, could leave the school'. Eight teachers decided to resign in protest against the decision of the manager, Times of India reported.

BJP leader Shrikant Sharma has slammed the school management for the ban.

Haq, on his part, stuck to his guns asserting "only Allah can be the Bhagya Vidhata, which means the one who decides our destiny. How can we call Bharat our Bhagya Vidhata?"

Authorities said that a probe has been launched against M A Convent School in the matter and maintained that it was not recognised by the education department.

The Basic Shiksha Adhikari of Allahabad, Jaikaran Yadav, said, "We are surprised to learn that the school is still running.

"It is not duly recognized by the Basic Shiksha department and we had sent its management a notice to close the institution about a week ago."

He said a probe is on in the matter and action will be taken as per law.

"The reported refusal to allow singing of national anthem would amount to yet another offence on part of the school's management," he said.

"We have initiated a probe into the matter. If the allegations levelled against the management are found to be true, action will be taken in accordance with the law," Yadav said.