AIUDF to move Supreme Court against closure of madrassas in Assam

GUWAHATI: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) is set to move the Supreme Court against the closure of madrassas in Assam by the state government.

This was informed by AIUDF chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal on Tuesday (April 23), while speaking to the media while campaigning for party’s candidate in Karimganj district of Assam.

“The 750 madrasas that were closed (in Assam), we will open them through the Supreme Court,” said AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal.

While announcing the AIUDF’s decision to move the Supreme Court on the matter, Ajmal referred to the ‘condemnation’ by the top court over closure of madrassas by the Uttar Pradesh government.

“Uttar Pradesh government announced to close madrasas and Supreme Court condemned them, with this reference, we will go Supreme Court and will get the order from there,” he said.

It may be mentioned here that during an election rally earlier, the AIUDF chief issued a challenge to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, asserting that he would open 700 new madrassas upon assuming the role of MP following his victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Assam government has transformed and rebranded as many as 1281 madrasas across the state into Middle English (ME) schools.

These schools are spread out across 21 districts within the state, predominantly in the lower Assam region and the districts of Barak Valley.