Assam Assembly passes bill to shut govt run madrasas By IANS | Published on Thu, Dec 31 2020 2:42 IST | 0 Views Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Guwahati, Dec 31 : Amid protests by the Opposition legislators, the Assam Assembly passed the Assam Repealing Bill 2020, that seeks to abolish the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018, on the last day of the three-day winter session on Wednesday. Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who introduced the bill on Monday, said that bill was brought to make the academic environment of the state as "secular".