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Minority institutions may soon be exempt from RTE: Digvijay
Monday January 23, 2012 07:22:19 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
Minority education institutions may soon be exempted from the
right to education act, Congress leader Digvijay Singh said here
Monday.
"The issue has already been discussed at the highest level and a
formal decision to exempt minority institutions from the purview
of the right to education act would be taken shortly," he said at
a press conference here.
Digvijay Singh's statement came against the backdrop of media
reports about objections raised by the All India Muslim Personal
Law Board (AIMPLB) against enforcing the on educational
institutions run by minority organisations.
During his visit to Lucknow in November, Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi had given a categorical assurance to Darul-Uloom
Nadwa-tul-Ulema rector Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadwi that he would get
all minority institutions an exemption from the new law.
Nadwi, who is also the AIMPLB
president, was understood to be sore over Gandhi's failure to keep
his word.
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