If BJP comes to power, all Madrasas in Karnataka will be shut: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal

Following in the footsteps of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Karnataka BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Friday claimed that Madrasas in the state will be shut if the saffron party comes to power again.

Addressing a gathering in Belagavi, Patil said that the BJP will close all Muslim religious schools in Karnataka if voted to power again on the lines of Assam. "If BJP comes back to power in the state, we will close Madrasas in Karnataka, just like Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma," ANI quoted him as saying.

Earlier on Thursday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday vowed to continue his crackdown on madrasas in the state, saying people want to pursue education in schools and colleges instead.

Addressing a gathering in Karnataka's Belagavi, "People from Bangladesh come to Assam and create a threat to our civilization & culture. I have closed 600 madrassas and I intend to close all madrassas because we do not want madrassas. We want schools, colleges and universities," Sarma said.

Himanta said, "Once upon a time, the ruler of Delhi used to talk about demolishing temples but today under PM Modi's rule, I am talking about building temples. This is new India. Congress is working to weaken this new India. Congress is representing the new Mughals today."

The BJP leader also claimed that Congress and communists showed that India's history was all about Babar, Aurangazeb, and Shahjahan.

"South India and North East were never under Aurangzeb's rule but communist historians try to show that whole of India was under Aurangzeb's control. Today we need to write a new history," he added.

Shedding lights on history, the Assam CM said "Aurangzeb was not able to destroy our 'Sanatan' culture. Today India is 'Sanatan' and Hindu and will continue to remain so... It was not true that Aurangzeb had captured entire India."