Government Madrasas And Sanskrit Schools Will Be Closed

Government madrasas and Sanskrit schools will be closed in Assam, the state cabinet approved.

The state cabinet on Sunday approved the proposal to close all government-run madrasas and Sanskrit schools in Assam. A bill will be brought in this regard in the upcoming winter session of the state assembly.

Assam Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandramohan Patwari said that the existing law relating to madrasas and Sanskrit schools would be repealed.

For this, a bill will be introduced in the upcoming session of the Legislative Assembly. The winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly begins on December 28.

Madrasas will either be converted into regular schools or closed.

According to Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, there are 610 government-run madrasas in the state and Rs 260 crore is spent every year in their operation.

In addition, there are about 1,000 recognized Sanskrit schools in Assam. Of these, about 100 are government aided and the state government spends about one crore rupees annually on these Sanskrit schools.

According to Biswa Sarma, government madrasas will either be converted into regular schools or closed down.

BPF ministers did not attend a cabinet meeting

The impact of the BJP joining hands with the United People’s Party Liberals (UPPL) at the Bodoland Territorial Council was also seen at the top level.

Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) members in the government were absent from the cabinet meeting. The Sarbananda Sonowal government consists of three BPF ministers.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandramohan Patwari said that BPF ministers were absent from the cabinet meeting. We do not know why he did not attend the meeting.

Hearing on the demand to declare the 1975 Emergency unconstitutional today

The Supreme Court is hearing the petition to declared the Emergency of 1975 as unconstitutional and demanded compensation of Rs 25 crore.

This petition has been made by a woman named Veera Sarin. In this, she has compensated for the confiscation of his property during the Emergency.