Assam Assembly winter session begins, bill repealing provincialisation of Madrassa to be tabled today
The three-day winter session of the Assam assembly began on Monday. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will introduce a bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassas.
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UPDATED: December 28, 2020 12:12 IST
The three-day winter session of the Assam assembly began on Monday. (Image: Hemanta Kumar Nath/India Today)
The three-day winter session of the Assam Assembly commenced on Monday, following Covid-19 protocols. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will introduce a bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassas. Today I shall introduce a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa. Once the Bill is passed, the practice of running Madrassa by the Government in Assam will come to an end, a practice which was started by Muslim League govt in pre-Independence Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.
In Assam, there are 683 government-run madrasas, for which the state government spends Rs 260 crore annually. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma | @himantabiswa | Photo Credit: Twitter
Guwahati: Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday introduced The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020, to abolish all state-run madrassas and convert those into general schools with effect from April 1, 2021. Notably, the three-day Winter Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly commenced today.
The bill proposes to abolish two existing acts The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1995 and The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018. We have introduced a Bill whereby all madrassas will be converted into institutes of general education and the state government will not establish any madrassa in the future. We are happy to introduce this Bill
On Day 1 of Assembly, Assam Govt Tables Bill to Abolish All State-run Madrassas Amid Protests
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The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly to abolish all state-run Madrassas by converting them into general schools from April 1 next year. Despite an united opposition raising objections on tabling of the Bill, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 on the first day of the three-day winter session.
The legislation proposes to abolish the two existing Acts The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1995 and The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018. This bill is not to control and repeal the private Madrassas, Sarma said, adding inclusion of the word private in the statement of objects and reasons of the bill was a mistake.
Noisy start to three-day Assam Assembly Session; twelve key bills to be introduced
The impact of Farm Bills was seen on Assam Assembly on its opening day on Monday when opposition party AIUDF demanded a discussion on the controversial farm laws.
| 28 Dec 2020 7:31 AM GMT
Guwahati: Uproarious scenes marked day one of the three-day Assam Assembly Session that began on Monday. The AIUDF created noisy scenes in the floor of the house after Speaker Jatin Goswami denied the demand from the AIUDF to discuss the withdrawal of the contentious farm bills.
The Winter Session began today from 9.30 AM in accordance with the Covid 19 protocols in the state. After the Question Hour and the reading of the Business Advisory Committee report were conducted, the tabling of different government bills on the Assembly floor began in the session. As per reports, the members on the Chairperson s panel under Rule 9 (1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business were also announced in the ini
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