A group of children from Bihar, being sent to madrasas across States, were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission in Gorakhpur.
The State children’s panel rescued the children at the behest of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection Of Child Rights, Priyank Kanoongo, shared the word of the children’s rescue in a post on X.
“Innocent children who were being sent to madrasas in other states from Bihar have been rescued in Gorakhpur with the help of Uttar Pradesh State Child Commission on the instructions of @NCPCR,” Priyank Kanoongo posted from his X handle.
बिहार से दूसरे प्रदेशों के मदरसों में भेजे जा रहे मासूम बच्चों को @NCPCR_ के निर्देश पर उत्तरप्रदेश राज्य बाल आयोग की सहायता से गोरखपुर में रेस्क्यू किया गया है।
भारत के संविधान ने हर एक बच्चे को शिक्षा का अधिकार दिया है प्रत्येक बच्चे को स्कूल जाना अनिवार्य है,ऐसे में धर्म के… pic.twitter.com/SW0X5lW6gy— प्रियंक कानूनगो Priyank Kanoongo (@KanoongoPriyank) April 19, 2024
“The Constitution of India has given the right to education to every child. It is compulsory for every child to go to school. In such a situation, taking poor children to other states and keeping them in madrasas to earn donations on the basis of religion is a violation of the Constitution,” he added.
“To prevent such crimes, it is necessary to lodge an FIR in the incident, which the Gorakhpur Railway Police has not done yet,” the chief of the national children’s panel added.
Earlier, on April 19, the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court’s March 22 judgement, striking down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004 as unconstitutional and violative of secularism and fundamental rights.
(with inputs from ANI)
