Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh will close down madrasas engaged in anti-national activities. The Minister of Minority Welfare, Dharmapal Singh, recently announced that Islamic educational institutions found to be working against the nation will be shut down. Reports from the state’s madrasa survey have been received. Those found to be associated with anti-national activities will face closure. Additionally, illegally operating madrasas will lose their affiliation. The minister added that these measures have been initiated under the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The UP government conducted a survey to ensure the provision of basic facilities for students studying in madrasas. The government has also ordered a special inspection of unregistered madrasas.
The survey of unrecognised Madrassas was conducted to ensure the basic facilities of the students of Madrassas. In the survey that was conducted CM Yogi Adityanath-led Government, it was found that more that out of the 25,000 madrassas in the State, 8,449 were not recognised by the state Madrasa Board.
According to Dharmpal Singh, most madrasas were found “illegal” in UP-Nepal border districts. It was reported that around 500 unrecognised madrasas were found in Siddharthnagar, more than 400 in Balrampur, 200 in Lakhimpur Kheri, 60 in Maharajganj, and 400 in Bahraich and Shravasti.
Last year while speaking to the media on the issue of the steps that are being taken against the madrassas, singh had said, “this (clamp down) was inevitable. Identifying unrecognised madrassas was the first step. They will not hesitate to shut down these institutions that are not dependent on the government and leave thousands of students rudderless. All this is politically motivated from the beginning itself and predictable.”
