Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma has said that Madrasas should cease to exist. While addressing the function in Delhi on Sunday, he said that as long as there are Madrasas, children will not be able to think of becoming engineers and doctors.
In addition to this he also said that if you want to give education related to religion to the children, than give it at home, for that it is not necessary to have a madrasa and our goal has always been to promote general education.
Biswa had reached an event on the 75th anniversary of 'Panchjanya' magazine on Sunday. During this, he was answering the questions of the former Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad University, Hyderabad, when he replied expressing concern about the future of the children regarding Madrasas. CM said that the children going to Madrasa are far behind in studies. This is affecting their future. Madrasa can be converted into a better educational institution for imparting education. Subjects like Science, Maths, Bio-Science should be taught to the children, so that they go ahead to become engineers, doctors, professors. But as long as the word Madrasa is there, the children will not be able to move forward. If they are told in advance that they will not be able to become an engineer or a doctor by going here, then they themselves will refuse to go.
Teach Quran at home
He said- My appeal to everyone is that if you want to teach Quran to children, than teach it at home, because there is no better place than home. For this it is not necessary that they should be sent to Madrasas. By sending children there from a young age, you are playing with their future. This is a violation of their human rights.
All Muslims in India were Hindus
The CM said in response that all Muslims were Hindus first. No Muslim was born in India. Everyone in India was a Hindu. So if a Muslim child is extremely talented, it is because of the inheritence from the Hindus.
However, in 2020, the Assam government decided to abolish all madrasas. After which the matter reached the Guwahati High Court.