Widespread protest in Kerala against NCPCR suggestion on madrasas
The HinduThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has stirred a hornet’s nest across the country by speaking against madrasas. The NCPCR, in a report titled ‘Guardians of Faith or Oppressor of Rights’, said that religious institutions like madrasas operating outside the purview of the RTE Act had a negative impact. ‘Sangh Parivar agenda’ Communist Party of India State secretary Binoy Viswam warned that the move to close down madrasas would alienate the Muslim community further. aid in Kerala’ The Kerala Muslim Jamat described the NCPCR move as unconstitutional, and said that it violated the fundamental rights offered by the Constitution to the people of India. Sunni Yuvajana Sangham State secretary Abdussamad Pookkoottur, while condemning the NCPCR move, said that it would not affect the madrasas in Kerala.