The chairman of the Uttarakhand Madrasa Board on Tuesday announced that Operation Sindoor, India’s strikes on terror facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, will be a part of the curriculum in madrasas in the state.
The chairman, Mufti Shamoon Qasmi, made the announcement following a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. He said the “epic” of Operation Sindoor would soon be included in the curriculum.
“We met with the Defence Minister and congratulated him and the Prime Minister on Operation Sindoor. As part of our drive to push the madrasas in Uttarakhand into the mainstream, we will introduce Operation Sindoor in the curriculum,” Qasmi said.
Targeting Congress, he said the party “has isolated and moved the community away from the mainstream. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, we will ensure this is taught. We will teach the children what Operation Sindoor was and why it was required. It was necessary because Pakistan is an evil country and we had to teach them a lesson after they took the lives of our citizens.”
Under the Uttarakhand Madarsa Board Act, 2016, the board can prescribe the course of instruction, textbooks, instructional material and can also prepare manuscripts for course books.
The board chairman had earlier announced that Sanskrit would be introduced in madrasas along with Hindu epics, Mahabharat and Ramayan. These “reforms”, however, have yet to kick in.
Meanwhile, the state government is conducting a drive against madrasas that have been running without a recognition certificate from either the board or the education department. More than 180 madrasas have been sealed in the state since CM Dhami issued directions to this effect in December 2024. The Indian Express has previously reported that the Recognition Committee of the Board, which is supposed to grant and renew recognition to the institutions, met for the first time in nearly five years on February 27 — a day before the sealing drive started.
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