All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) Chief Badruddin Ajmal on Tuesday said that he will be reopening 750 madrasas in Assam after winning the Lok Sabha election.

“Absolutely, we will open 750 madrasas. The Uttar Pradesh government had announced to close madrasas, but the Supreme Court scolded them. On the basis of that reference, we will move to the Supreme Court and will bring the order. 750 Madrasas have closed in Assam and we will reopen those Madrasas through the Supreme Court, not through bullying,” Badruddin Ajmal said, speaking to ANI in Assam’s Karimganj.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has closed or converted several madrasas into general schools in the state during his tenure.

Replying to a question, Ajmal said that he will reopen 750 madrasas in the state only for education.

“Why did the government deprive lakhs of Muslim students to pursue education? Is it their right? Right to Education is our right. This is our right,” Badruddin Ajmal said.

He further said that he will not challenge the government but he will challenge it in the Supreme Court.

Badruddin Ajmal who is also contesting this election from the Dhubri Lok Sabha seat attended an election campaign rally at Karimganj on Tuesday in support of his party candidate Sabul Islam Chowdhury.

Ajmal reiterated that the AIUDF candidate will win in the Karimganj seat and this time he will not let the BJP win.

AIUDF is contesting in 3 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats – Dhubri, Nagaon and Karimganj.

The polling for the 14 seats in Assam were scheduled to be held in three phases. Voting in five seats, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Kaziranga, and Jorhat are already over in the first phase held on April 19.

In this Lok Sabha election in Assam, the BJP is contesting in 11 out of 14 seats, while its ally parties, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), are contesting in two seats (Barpeta and Dhubri) and UPPL in one seat (Kokrajhar), respectively.

In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 7 of the 14 seats in Assam. Both the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) claimed three seats each. During the 2019 elections, the BJP increased its seat count to 9, while the Congress maintained its three seats, and the AIUDF won a single seat.