UP Madarsa Education Board member protests Friday offs in 2023 calender

A member of the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board has protested the release of the annual calendar for next year that marks Fridays as weekly-offs in Islamic seminaries ignoring a proposal to shift it to Sunday like other state schools.

Board member Qamar Ali, who had proposed Sunday holidays in madrasas in the state, said on Monday said he would complain to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the calendar being issued without any discussion in the board.

Ali had placed his proposal in the board meeting on December 20 and it was expected to be taken up for discussion in the next meeting.

Speaking to PTI, Ali accused board chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed of releasing the calendar for 2023 on December 24 without consulting other members.

"On my proposal to shift weekly-offs in madrasas on Sunday, the board chairman had publicly said that the board's plenary meeting in January would consider the issue," he said.

Accusing the board chairman of arbitrariness, Ali alleged that he doe