Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday visited a mosque and a madrassa in Delhi and held discussions with the chief of All India Imam Organisation Umer Ahmed Ilyasi.
Maulana Arshad Madani, veteran Muslim scholar and principal of Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh s Deoband, said that it was well within the rights of the government to undertake a survey of madrasas.
Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Sunday said it has no objections to the Uttar Pradesh government's survey of private madrassas but the whole system of such institutions should not be denigrated if a few don't follow rules.
UP Madrasa Survey: Maulana Mahmood Madani, president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind held an important meeting in protest against the survey of madrasas in UP. In the meeting, it was decided to hold talks with the government on the matter.