Himanta Biswa Sarma: Police Investigates Madrasa Teachers From Outside Assam

GUWAHATI: All teachers who come from outside Assam to teach in Madrasas in the State may be required to appear "from time to time" in the closest police station, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The action was taken after authorities clamped down on supposed Ansarul Bangla Team terrorist organisation modules and 51 Bangladeshis were found among the Madrasa preachers.

Although the State has yet to "come into an agreement with stakeholders, things are moving in the right direction," according to Mr. Sarma, a checklist has been established for the madrasas.

He stated on January 1, 2023, that the Assam Police is collaborating with Muslims in the State to "rationalise" Madrasa education. In Assam, there are about 3,000 Madrasas, both registered and unregistered.

According to CM Sarma, the police are working together with Bengali Muslims who value education to establish "a pleasant environment" in the Madrasas.

He said that the right to education would be upheld, science and mathematics would be taught as topics in the Madrasas, and a database of instructors would be kept.

All madrassas in Assam will soon be required to post their locations, teachers' names and addresses, and other information to a website portal intended to monitor them and stop them from being utilised for "jihadi" activities, sources claim.

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, the Director General of Police (DGP) for the State, stated that on September 4, a meeting with a few Muslim MLAs and the representatives of four Islamic organizations resulted in the decision to create a portal for maintaining a database of an estimated 1,000 madrassas in Assam.

No other Indian state has ventured to accomplish what Assam is bravely undertaking. But all other states must imitate Assam's example.

Assam is now tightening the screws on the roughly 3,000 private madrassas in the state after shutting down all government-funded madrassas and converting them to ordinary schools.

Late last week, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, the director general of police (DGP) for Assam, released a list of rules for the private madrassas. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave specific directions for the creation of these regulations.

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