Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 29 (PTI): Former Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi today said "forcible singing" of the national anthem would turn the passionate hymn into a "humdrum chant".

"I love my national anthem. It is among the greatest anthems in the world. And I will sing it with full heart... but to be asked to sing it under an order is to turn the passionate hymn into a humdrum chant of official lining," Mahatma Gandhi's grandson said.