West Bengal Imam Association Slams State Government Demanding Immediate Resignation Of WBCHSE President

The Imam body vehemently criticized Das for displaying the absolutely "communal" and "shameful" act.

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New Delhi: Alleging 'communal and shameful' remark on the West Bengal HS or Class 12 topper girl being from the minority community, Bengal Imam body slammed WBCHSE President demanding her resignation at the earliest.

Following the declaration of the West Bengal Higher Secondary examination results on Thursday, the West Bengal Imams Association has slammed  Dr. Mahua Das, President of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education demanding her resignation from the post with immediate effect over her communal statement on the topper girl belonging to the minority community.

"One respectable student who instead of being given the honor that she deserves, is being treated disdainfully for her religion and being disrespected. We condemn and protest against it and place our demand to the Chief Minister - the person who proudly declares names from the merit list every year, why did she not even take the topper's name this year? Instead, she kept on addressing her as "Muslim Lady, girl". She ought to be removed immediately."

The Imam body vehemently criticized Das for displaying the absolutely "communal" and "shameful" act.

"The way in which the President of West Bengal Council of Higher Education in a press conference yesterday proved herself to be communal, shameful is indeed very unfortunate and painful." It read.

Taking an indirect dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the release further read, "The one who has inspired her to make such a comment, if she isn't removed from the post, one will have to take it as the will of the person giving inspiration. This person will also have to take the same responsibility."

Dr. Das, while declaring the results of the West Bengal higher secondary examinations, emphasized the religion of the girl who has topped the exam with the highest marks of 499 out of 500.

She said, “I will not say her name but I think history has been created as a Muslim girl, from Murshidabad district, singularly got 499 marks.”

The girl, Rumana Sultana, hails from Murshidabad. A student of the district's Kandi's Raja Manindra Chandra Girls High School, she secured 499 marks out of 500 in the WBCHSE Higher Secondary exams.

The WBCHSE announced the results for Class 12 students on the basis of an evaluation pattern decided by the state-appointed expert committee and the council on July 22, 45 days after the West Bengal government decided not to conduct Madhyamik (Secondary) and Uccha Madhyamik (Higher Secondary) examinations in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.