The Madhya Pradesh government has issued an order to take strict action against Madrasas imparting religious education to non-Muslim children without the consent of the students or their guardians citing Article 28 (3) of the Indian Constitution.

The order issued on Friday read, "If children studying in Madrasas affiliated by the state government or aided by the state funds imparted religious education contrary to their religion without their consent (if they are minors, their guardians) or forced to receive any kind of religious education or attend worship proceedings, then all government grants to such Madrasas should be stopped and action should be taken to cancel their affiliated and other appropriate legal action should be taken against them."

Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Uday Pratap Singh said that upon receiving continuous complaints for the last few months, the state government issued the order to investigate the Madrasas running in the state adding that if any irregularity is found, strict action will be taken.

"We were receiving continuous complaints from February and March that Hindu Children were studying in Madrasas. Also, there are some Madrasas that are limited only to papers and taking grants from the government. We investigated and closed 56 Madrasas in the state. During the investigation, we also came to know that thousands of Hindu children study in Madrasa," Singh told ANI.