"I have assured the madrasas that the government favours education for all and I want to assure them that funds won't be a constraint," Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told PTI here.
The Union Minority Affairs minister, who was here to attend an Iftar event, said the government will also consider including these Islamic-learning centres in the mainstream educational system under the Right to Education Act.
However, stating that most such institutions were doing good work, Naqvi said, "Madrasas are a reality of India."
"We feel that there should be no politics on the issue of madrasas. We don't see this as vote-bank politics. This issue is related to the empowerment of the Muslim community," he added.
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Naqvi, meanwhile, slammed the previous Congress led- government for bringing in the Right to Education (RTE) Act which, he said, does not consider madrasas as educational institutions.
"The Indian Constitution guarantees education to all," he added.