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Rahul Gandhi meets UP clerics on RTE by Manjari Mishra


A major sticking point between the Centre and All India Muslim Personal Law Board seemed set for a resolution with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi leaning towards keeping madrassas out of the Right to Education following a meeting with the board president,Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadvi, here on Sunday. Maulana Nadvi is also the rector of Nadwatul Ulema, a leading Islamic seminary.

This is Congress's second major outreach to Muslims in recent days after a pledge to introduce reservation for the backward members of the community from the OBC quota pie in the run-up to UP elections. AIMPLB is against bringing madrassas under the rubric of RTE as it fears this would lead to government interference with their academic and administrative functions. It also says many madrassas would not qualify as seats of learning because they will fail to meet the basic criteria for schools under RTE.

In fact, things had turned ugly in July when AIMPLB threatened to hit the streets to "highlight the injustice" if their demand to exempt 10,000-odd madrassas in the state from RTE was not met. The places for protest were carefully shortlisted: Rae Bareli and Amethi - the constituencies of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul - were included.

Sources in the seminary told TOI that Rahul promised to take up the RTE issue with Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid.

AIMPLB reiterated its resolution in Delhi during its last meeting on November 26. This time the resolution widened the scope of agitation to cover entire UP. "Rahul's show of initiative to speak directly with the board chairman could mean that a solution is in sight," said a Nadwatul Ulema source. The issue figured prominently during the one-hour meeting between the Amethi MP and Maulana Nadvi, said sources.