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  • It will help if Assam CM did not poke his nose into Manipur: Chidambaram

    It will help if Assam CM did not poke his nose into Manipur: Chidambaram

    Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday took a dig at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his remarks on Manipur that peace will return in a week and saying it will help if he did not poke his nose in the violence-hit state.

    Chidambaram, who is a former Union Home Minister, also said that it would help if Manipur Chief Minister N, Biren Singh resigned as the CM and President’s Rule was imposed in the northeastern state for a few months.

    In a tweet, Chidambaram said, “CM, Assam has promised that peace will return to Manipur in a week. It will help if CM, Assam did not poke his nose into Manipur’s conflict and stayed away. It will also help if Biren Singh resigned as CM and President’s Rule was imposed for a few months.”

    His remarks came after Sarma on Saturday said the situation in neighbouring northeastern state of Manipur will improve within 7-10 days, with the state and central governments working “silently” to restore peace.

    He had hit out at the Congress and alleged that the opposition party was showing its concern when “relative peace has come in the northeastern state”.

    More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur since clashes first started on May 3 and thousands of people have been forced to take shelter in relief camps.

  • Will shut down all madrassas in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

    Will shut down all madrassas in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

    Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Friday that he intends to close all madrassas in the state.

    Sarma said this at a public rally in Belagavi, Karnataka, that his government has already closed 600 madrassas and will close the remaining ones soon.

    “We don’t require madrassas. We require engineers and doctors,” Sarma stated.

    When asked by a journalist to explain his motivation for the move, Sarma stated that the new India requires schools, colleges, and universities rather than madrassas.

    Sarma has previously expressed a desire to either downsize madrassas or examine the teaching provided at these establishments. Assam now has 3,000 madrassas, both registered and unregistered.

    In 2020, he introduced a law that would facilitate converting all state-run madrassas into ‘regular schools’.

    Sarma had said the state police were working with Bengali Muslims, who have a positive attitude towards education, to create ‘a good environment’ in the madrassas. “Science and mathematics will also be taught as subjects in the madrassas, and the right to education respected and a database of teachers maintained,” he had said.