The BJP government’s ongoing Madrasa survey, which has invited a slew of criticism from Opposition parties and Muslim organisations, has found its most ardent defender in the Cabinet’s lone Muslim face — Minister of (State) Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj, Danish Azad Ansari.
The 34-year-old legislator has passionately vouched for the move, pointing out that the exercise aims to connect the madrasas with government schemes like Nai Roshni, Nai Udaan. The government wants the children studying in these institutions to get an exposure to modern and technical education, along with religious education, he has argued.
“If I talk about Madrasa education, the Yogi government made it possible that National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) course is available to the students studying in these institutions. It will certainly help to connect the children belonging to average Muslim family studying here to the modern world,” Mr. Ansari reasoned. The description fits the Minister too, who comes from a humble middle-class background; his father used to run a saree shop, while his mother was a school teacher.
