Private madrassas in Assam will be reduced by 1000: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Socio-economic assessment for indigenous Assamese Muslims will be completed this year.
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Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that private madrassas are protected under the constitution as minority run institutions. “The Assam police and Education department are working, and we will be able to reduce private madrassa by 1000 from 3000.
We are in negotiation with Madrassa bodies, and we have told them that you are not providing these basic requirements.”
Assam has the highest Muslim population after Jammu and Kashmir. Muslims comprise 34% of the 3.12 crore population of Assam, of which 4% are indigenous Assamese Muslims and the remaining mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims.
The BJP led government in Assam had earlier proposed the creation of a development board for indigenous Muslims communities.
The Assam cabinet meeting had decided that the Directorate of Char Areas Development, Assam to be renamed as the Directorate of Minority Affairs & Char Areas, Assam. Socio-economic assessment to be conducted of indigenous Assamese Muslims through the Directorate of Minority Affairs & Char Areas.
Sarma said, “The places of these communities will be identified, and the census will be wrapped up by this year.
