Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tables bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassa
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tables bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassa
Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled bill in the state assembly, seeking to repeal the provincialisation of Madrassa in the state.
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UPDATED: December 28, 2020 15:04 IST
The three-day winter session of the Assam assembly began on Monday. (Image: Hemanta Kumar Nath/India Today)
As the winter session of the Assam Assembly began on Monday, Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tabled a bill to repeal the provincialisation of Madrassa in the state. We ve introduced a Bill whereby all Madrassas will be converted into institutes of general education and no Madrassa will be established by the government in the future. We re happy to introduce this Bill to bring truly secular curriculum in the education system, news agency ANI quoted Himanta Biswa Sarma as saying.
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Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was addressing a BJP state executive meeting (File)
Guwahati:
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Thursday that the NRC remained incomplete in the state and justice needed to be done to Hindus living in the Barak Valley region. Mr Sarma, who is the ruling BJP s trouble-shooter in the northeast, also alleged the NRC was not completed because of the former coordinator Prateek Hajela. We have promised justice to Hindus of Barak Valley. NRC remained incomplete due to Prateek Hajela. We have done almost 90 per cent of the work. we still need to do some work for providing justice to Hindus, Mr Sarma said at a meeting in Karimganj district in the Barak Valley.
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The party is in a dilemma over a formal tie up with AIUDF as one section of party leaders feels an alliance would hamper the party s performance in Upper Assam while the other favours a grand alliance having the Badruddin Ajmalled outfit a part of it, if the Congress has to take on the ruling BJP-led front.
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AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh recently said no decision has been taken regarding tie up with AIUDF, and that alliances are decided by AICC.
Guwahati: The Assam unit of the Congress party has initiated a survey to identify prospective candidates for next year’s assembly polls and also figure out if a pre- poll alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) would help its fortunes.