Guwahati, Jan 1 (TIWN) Amid protests by the Opposition legislators, the Assam Assembly passed the Assam Repealing Bill 2020, that seeks to abolish the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act, 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018, on the last day of the three-day winter session on Wednesday.

Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the passage of the bill on Twitter. “Glad that the Bill pertaining to repeal of Provincialisation of Madrassas has been passed, even as @INCAssam and @AIUDFOfficial expectedly staged a walkout in Assembly,” he said. “All Madrassas, being run under government stands converted into regular educational institute wef [with effect from] April 1, 2021.”