Minister rejects Raza’s remarks on new dress code in madarsas

No new policy on dress code of madarsas: Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary

LUCKNOW : Hours after UP minister of state Mohsin Raza claimed that the state government might “soon propose a new dress code” for madarsa students, his senior ministerial colleague rejected the statement, saying that “the government has not formed any new policy” in this regard. Cabinet minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary on Tuesday night tweeted, “Madarso mein dress code ko lekar sarkar ne koi nayi niti nirdharit nahi ki hai. Iss vishay ko lekar vibhaag ka koi mat nahi hai.

LUCKNOW: Hours after UP minister of state Mohsin Raza claimed that the state government might “soon propose a new dress code” for madarsa students, his senior ministerial colleague rejected the statement, saying that “the government has not formed any new policy” in this regard.

Cabinet minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary on Tuesday night tweeted, “Madarso mein dress code ko lekar sarkar ne koi nayi niti nirdharit nahi ki hai. Iss vishay ko lekar vibhaag ka koi mat nahi hai (The government has not formed any new policy pertaining to the dress code of the madarsas. On this issue, there is no view of the department).”

Chaudhary is the cabinet minister for minority welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj.

Earlier, UP minister for Waqf and Haj, Mohsin Raza, said that the government was planning to propose a common dress code in all the madarsas of the state.

“The government is on its way to prepare a proposal regarding the implementation

of a dress code in madarsas, which will be different from the present ‘kurta paijama’,” said Raza while visiting the Ali Miyan Nadvi Memorial Haj House in Sarojini Nagar on Tuesday.

Raza was there to review preparations at the Haj House ahead of Haj 2018.

More than 15,000 pilgrims will leave for Haj from July 14 to July 29.

In 2017, the Yogi government had also changed the uniform of government schools -- replacing the old dress code of khaki uniforms, which had been in place for five years, with new red and

brown uniforms.

Raza, the lone Muslim face in the UP government, said that it was still to be decides what the new dress code would be.

“We are still to finalise the final dress code, its colour and pattern. Proposal for the same will be placed before the government and after receiving its nod, it would be implemented in madarsas across the state,” said the minister.

However, he did not make it clear if the students would have to purchase the uniform or if it would be provided by the government.

According to records with the UP Board of Madarsa Education (UPBME), the state has over 15,000 madarsas.

Prior to this, the Yogi government had also changed the uniform of government-run schools.

The new uniform for boys included brown trousers and a red coloured checked shirt with a brown collar, while the uniform for small girls included a red top with a brown collar and a brown skirt.

For senior girls, the uniform was changed to brown ‘salwar’, red ‘kurta’ and a brown ‘dupatta’.