LUCKNOW: After the national commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR) issued notice to chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra of Uttar Pradesh government, for not keeping non-Muslim students in madrassas, Iftikhar Ahmad Javed, Chairperson UP Madrassa Board said, "NCPCR’s notice is against PM’s core belief 'sabka saath sabka vikas' which is being undermined by the commission continuously."
The notice was issued on April 6, 2023, and commission had gave 15 days to UP government to "seriously reconsider" its stance kept by Anand Kumar Singh, special secretary and registrar, Madrassas Board UP on March 23, 2023—in which he shared the decision taken by the Madrassas Board that "it is not possible to implement the recommendations of the NCPCR in the interest of the public and education. He made it crystal clear that the UP government will follow the decision of the Madrassas Board, as it agrees with it completely."