Dehradun, Feb. 6 -- The Uttarakhand government has set up the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority which is aimed to replace and abolish the Uttarakhand Madrasa Board from July this year. Uttarakhand is the first state to abolish the Madrasa Board of Education and it is being claimed that this step is likely to be replicated by some of the other BJP ruled states in the country. Sources in the BJP claim that this is yet another major policy intervention by the BJP led government after the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by the Uttarakhand Government.

In addition, the PM Narendra Modi led BJP Government had also implemented a new law banning instant Triple Talaq, which is considered to be a major reform aimed at pr...