Have shut down 600 madarasas in Assam; will close another 300 madarasas : Himanta Sarma, CM of Assam

Karim Nagar (Telangana) – Till now we have shut 600 madarasas in Assam. This year we will close another 300 madarasas informed Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of Assam. He said this while speaking at the Public Meeting in Karimnagar. He said we do not want madarasas, we want schools, colleges, and universities. He also said that ‘we are doing this to prevent ‘Love Jihad’ happening in Assam.

#WATCH | Telangana: "We're working to stop love jihad in Assam, and we're also working towards closing down Madrassas in Assam. After I became CM, I closed 600 Madrassas in Assam…I want to tell Owaisi that I will close 300 more Madrassas this year…":Assam CM Himanta Biswa… pic.twitter.com/mPm8c4BKpc

— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2023

In January 2023, Chief Minister Sarma said we want to decrease the number of madarasas in the State. We want to give ordinary education in the madarasas and we want to begin the process of registering the madarasas. To this end, we are working with the minority community, and the minority community is cooperating as well. Earlier Sarma had remarked at a Public Meeting in Karnataka that ‘People from Bangladesh enter into Assam and endanger our civilization and culture.

Editorial Viewpoint

This policy should be followed by the Chief Ministers of all the BJP-ruled States.